The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government has
constituted a committee, headed by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of
Burkina Faso, to study and make a full report on Nigeria’s land border closure
with her neighbours.
The decision to set up the committee was agreed Sunday night
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at an extraordinary session of ECOWAS leaders
convened on the margins of the 33rd AU Summit to discuss the issue and other
pressing regional matters.
Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, told
journalists after the three-hour closed door session that the meeting attended
by President Buhari and chaired by the ECOWAS Chairman,
President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic, also
discussed West Africa′s new single currency, the Eco, and the situation in
Guinea Bissau after the presidential election.
On border closure, Onyeama said: ‘‘The President of Burkina
Faso is charged with undertaking a full study of the situation, make a report
and then we take it from there.’’
Asked when the report will be presented to ECOWAS Heads of
State and Government, the Nigerian Minister replied: ‘‘As soon as possible,
there are no timelines. But he is supposed to start very quickly, study the
situation from all the affected countries and present his report.’’
On the Eco currency, the Foreign Minister said: ‘‘Nothing
has changed in respect of Nigeria’s position’’.
He added that Nigeria’s position was that the convergence
criteria have not been met by majority of the countries, therefore there has to
be an extension of time on the take-off of the single currency.
On Guinea Bissau, the Minister said ECOWAS leaders
recognized that there was an appeal of the presidential election result and
they are waiting for the Supreme Court decision on the matter.
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