The 64th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West
African States, ECOWAS, Heads of State and Government is holding in Abuja,
Nigeria.
The session, to be chaired by President Bola Tinubu of
Nigeria, is attended by Heads of State and Government in the 15-member block.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that countries like
Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone are already at the venue at the Banquet Hall
of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Other members attending are Benin, Gambia, Togo, Cape Verde
and Senegal.
The ECOWAS Commission and other stakeholders like former
President Goodluck Jonathan, the U.S. Lead diplomat for Africa, Molly Phee, the
African Union (AU), and the UN Secretary-General Special Representative for
West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Simao, are also attending the meeting.
The end-of-year meeting is expected to review various
decisions and agreements made and initiated by the body, including that of the
adoption of the ECO as a common currency for the region.
The issue of the coup d’etat in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali
and Guinea would also be deliberated on by the regional body at this meeting.
Other issues are climate change, democracy, bilateral
relations as well as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
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