President Muhammadu Buhari will Monday depart Nigeria for
Niger Republic.
President Buhari will be traveling to Niamey, Niger republic
to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of
State and Government.
Garba Shehu, Buhari’s Spokesman disclosed this in a
statement made available on Sunday.
Buhari is expected to participate in a “one-day summit will deliberate on the Special Report on COVID-19 to be presented by President Buhari who was appointed the ECOWAS Champion on the Fight against COVID-19 during the Extraordinary Virtual Summit of ECOWAS on April 23, 2020.
“As a Champion, the Nigerian leader was expected to
coordinate the sub-regional response against the pandemic. In furtherance of
that objective, under the supervision of the Champion, Nigerian Ministers of
Health, Aviation and Finance were appointed Chairpersons of the Ministerial
Coordination Committees on Health; Transport, Logistics and Trade; and Finance
respectively.”
The increasing rate of terrorism, armed banditry and the
democratic process by the military in Mali, will also be discussed at the
submit.
President Buhari will be accompanied to the Summit by
ministers and other top government officials, will return to Abuja after the
meeting.
“At the submit, a Special Report will be received on the
ECOWAS Single Currency Programme to be presented by President Julius Maada Bio
of Sierra Leone and Chair of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of
the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), and President Alassane Ouattara, who is
Chair of the West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU/UEMOA).
Also the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean Claude
Kassi Brou will present to the West African leaders, the 2020 Interim Report on
activities of the sub-regional body including ECOWAS Vision 2050.
“Similarly, in Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea
and Niger where parliamentary and presidential elections are scheduled for this
year, the imperative to strengthen democracy in the sub-region by respecting
constitutional provisions, rule of law and outcomes of free and fair polls,
will be emphasised,” the statement added.
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