President Muhammadu Buhari has called for collaboration
among West African countries in tackling its challenges including the Omicron
COVID-19 variant of concern.
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, in a statement, said
Buhari made the call on Sunday when he received other West African leaders for
the 60th Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) ordinary session
in Abuja.
The president said for the region to be peaceful and
prosperous, governments must create opportunities for sustainable development
of their citizens.
He said: “Today’s realities remind us of the need to
continue to forge stronger solidarity in order to address the new challenges,
including the current third wave of the pandemic and its Omicron variant.
“I am glad that the
Commission of the Economic Community of West African States and the West Africa
Health Organization is continuing to work with our respective national disease
control centres to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on our people and
subregion
“At this 60th Ordinary Session, we have before us several
issues of critical importance to the community as listed on our agenda.
“I would, therefore, urge us to carefully consider the
issues to be presented to us and take well-informed concrete decisions for the
welfare and well-being of our peoples and the future of our community.
“The challenges of
coronavirus and the catastrophic consequences posed on our socioeconomic
environment continues to torment us.
“The regional resilience, determination and resolution of
working together in solidarity with each other, assisted us greatly to lessen
the burden of the pandemic.’’
Buhari added that democracy in the sub-region is being
challenged by the political crises in Mali and Guinea.
“We are facing a network of criminals, including terrorism,”
he said.
“All of these
challenges require our collective action to work in concert with each other to
programmatically address and provide our people better prospects in life.
“As a people, we aspire to create a borderless, peaceful,
prosperous and where people have the capacity to access and harness its
resources through the creation of opportunities for sustainable development,
job creation and environmental preservation.’’
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