During a virtual Extraordinary Session of the leaders of the sub-regional body, President Muhammadu Buhari appealed to the government and people of Mali to consider the recommendations of the ECOWAS Special Envoy, former President Goodluck Jonathan, and his team in resolving the political crisis, saying a Government of National Unity will provide inclusivity and ensure peaceful co-existence.
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The Chairman spoke after many hours of consultations in the nation’s capital, Bamako, on Thursday.
Addressing Members of ECOWAS Parliament during the Second Extra Ordinary Session, which is holding via video conference, WAHO, however, said the case fatality rate in the region is under control.
The President left Nigeria on Thursday morning
The Nigerian President and some ECOWAS leaders, led by the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the sub-regional organisation, President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger Republic, agreed to meet in Mali to engage in further consultations towards finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.
The former President was at State House, Abuja, in company of President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean-Claude Kassi Brou.
Dr. Ken Ukaoha, NANTS National President, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja, also urged the Federal Government to be more assertive in the imbroglio.
A statement issued by the court on Friday said the order was given in a judgment issued by a panel of three justices of the court on Thursday.
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen after a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, and the President of ECOWAS, Jean-Claude Brou.
President Buhari also expressed concern over the decision of francophone countries that form the West African Economic and Monetary Union to replace the CFA Franc with Eco ahead of the rest of Member States.
This was made known in a statement signed by President Mahamodu Issoufou, Chairman of the Authority, and made available by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday in Abuja.
The Onimeke of Imeke Kingdom told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday that motorists were facing untold hardship since the contractors abandoned the highway linking Nigeria with other other ECOWAS countries six months ago.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets on Friday for the second time in a month to demand President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita step down.
The Directorate of Communications, ECOWAS Commission disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Speaking on Thursday at a virtual meeting with the President of the Commission, Jean Kassi-Brou, President Buhari, in his capacity as the ECOWAS COVID-19 Champion, agreed to provide logistic support to enable the sub-region receive and distribute procured and donated medical equipment using Abuja as the hub for the distribution.
According to a statement on Friday in Abuja by Mercedes Alfa, UN Women Media Officer, the fund was presented to the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, by Comfort Lamptey, Country Representative to Nigeria/ECOWAS.
The Peoples Democratic Party has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to use his appointment as the ECOWAS COVID-19 Response Champion to step up actions and measures against spread of the pandemic in Nigeria.
Presidents of West African countries under the aegis of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government have appointed President Muhammadu Buhari Champion of the COVID-19 response.
The European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS has mourned the passing of late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari.
In a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Economic Community of West African States has issued new guidelines on meetings and programmes within the community.