The Lagos State Government has issued a travel advisory for motorists ahead of the ECOWAS Summit, scheduled from May 27 to 29.

Mrs Bolanle Ogunlola, Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation, made this known in a statement on Monday.

She said traffic diversions are to ensure smooth flow and boost security around NIIA House and Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island.

Motorists heading to Lagos Island or the Mainland from Eko Hotel Roundabout should use Adetokunbo Ademola Road to connect Civic Centre, then Ozumba Mbadiwe Road.

She stated that they should continue straight to Bonny Camp Roundabout and turn right to proceed toward Lagos Island or the Mainland.

Alternatively, drivers may access Lagos Island/Mainland via the Falomo Ramp near the Law School to complete their journeys.

She said those exiting Ajose Adeogun or Adetokunbo Ademola via Eko Hotel Roundabout should pass through Sanusi Fafunwa Street.

They should drive straight, link Akin Adesola Road, then turn left at the junction to access Ahmadu Bello Way or Adeola Odeku.

Ogunlola added that a right turn at the same junction leads to Falomo Bridge or the Law School route.

Motorists leaving Lagos Continental Hotel toward Bonny Camp should use Kofo Abayomi Road and connect Kilimanjaro Junction on Ozumba Mbadiwe Road.

From Kilimanjaro Junction, they can turn left to Bonny Camp or right toward Lekki via Ozumba Mbadiwe Road.

Motorists approaching Kofo Abayomi from Bonny Camp should use Ozumba Mbadiwe and turn right at Kilimanjaro Junction for Lagos Continental Hotel.

For those coming from Independence or McEwen Bridge to Eko Hotel, turn left at the IMB Building on Ahmadu Bello Way by Atlantic City.

From there, connect Akin Adesola Road and proceed via inner streets to reach the Eko Hotel area.

Ogunlola added that Lagos State Traffic Management Authority officers would be on ground to guide traffic and reduce inconvenience.

Tinubu to attend ECOWAS’s 5Oth anniversary, inaugurate projects in Lagos
Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu will leave Abuja on Tuesday for Lagos to celebrate, along with other leaders, the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s spokesman, said in a statement on Monday that the ECOWAS Golden Jubilee was flagged off in Accra last month.

The Lagos event will include reenacting the 1975 declaration at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Victoria Island.

At the Eko Hotels and Suites, President Tinubu, the Chairman of ECOWAS, would highlight the economic bloc’s milestones.

The Chairman of the NIIA and former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, is expected to review the bloc’s 50-year journey, which panellists at the NIIA would later analyse.

The only surviving Head of State, who signed the ECOWAS declaration, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd.), will participate in all the ceremonies and deliver a speech at the Eko Hotels.

Dr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, will deliver the welcome address.

While in Lagos, President Tinubu will, on Saturday, May 31, commission some projects of his administration.

Among them are Section I of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Lekki Deep Sea Port Tax Credit Concrete Road, the flag-off of Section II of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, and the 7th Axial Road.

The President will virtually commission Kano-Kanwar-Danja-Hadejiya Section II Road and Yakasai-Zalli Road and flag off the Kano Northen By-pass, Zaria-Hunkuyi-Dabai Section I, Dabai-Kafur Malumfashi, and Malumfashi-Dayi-Yashe-Gidan Mutum Daya Section III.

President Tinubu will observe the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at the State House, Dodan Barracks, before returning to Abuja.