Accra to Host ECOWAS 50th Anniversary Celebration Launch
The Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will next week converge in Accra to launch the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the bloc.
This will mark the beginning of a series of activities that will take place in all the capitals of ECOWAS Member States throughout 2025, a statement by the ECOWAS announced.
“In the morning of Tuesday 22 April 2025, Accra, the capital of the Republic of Ghana, will host the official ceremony to launch the celebration of the ECOWAS Golden Jubilee.”
The celebrations will feature a series of colourful events.
Among them are the presentation of the ECOWAS Golden Jubilee logo and theme and the artistic and cultural performances recounting the history of ECOWAS from its creation in Lagos by the Founding Fathers, through its various reforms, to its successes and major achievements in the Member States.
The bloc intends to celebrate the anniversary with great visibility in each Member State in accordance with this recommendation by the ECOWAS Conference of Heads of State and Government which was subsequently validated by the ECOWAS Administrative and Financial Committee.
Founded on May 28, 1975, in Lagos, Nigeria, ECOWAS is a Regional Economic Community purposed to facilitate regional integration and the development of the populations of its Member States.
Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
