President Bola Tinubu will be flagging off the conference for 24 littoral countries in the West and Central African sub-region on Monday at the Lagos Continental Hotel Victoria Island Lagos.
The conference is expected to be declared open by His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is with the themed “The Role of Ports in the African Continental Free Trade Area ”. Speaking on Nigeria’s preparedness and expectations from the conference, the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy His Excellency Adegboyega Oyetola said “this gathering of maritime experts is very timely as it is coming when Nigeria is eager to provide the leadership necessary to convert our marine and blue economy potentials to actualities in a bid to provide opportunities for our growing youth population”.