Tiete said the group was motivated to file the application based on early warning signs that lives of Nigerians were being threatened ahead of the elections
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The GIABA is a specialised institution of the Economic Community of West Africa States that facilitates the adoption and implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism in West Africa
While briefing newsmen at the end of the closed-door session, Ambassador Kadre Ouedraogo, said that the decision taken would facilitate the free movement of persons and goods within the sub-region
He said though the West African sub-region had recorded much achievement in democracy and economic growth, it must admit its security and public health challenges, especially the Ebola epidemic
This was contained in a statement from the commission on Monday in Accra, Ghana at the opening of a five-day training programme for 150 health volunteer workers
This was contained in a statement from the Commission’s Information and Communication Directorate on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The emergency summit, which will also be attended by representatives of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation, will seek greater international support and collaboration for the containment of the Ebola outbreak
The grant comes under the Bank’s multinational crisis response technical assistance project, totalling $7.65 million to support the three countries and two regional institutions – ECOWAS and the Mano River Union – in addressing the critical gaps in medical human resource capacity, training and provision of incentives to local health workers in order to improve response to the Ebola outbreak
Nigeria that unfortunately became afflicted with the EVD courtesy of the late Liberian official Mr. Sawyer, battled tooth and nail to control and contain the EVD from spreading among the very large populations.
One of the survivors of the Ebola Virus Disease, Dr. Morris Ibeabuchi, on Thursday said he got the virus because the index case, Patrick Sawyer, lied about his illness in the hospital where he was treated on arrival in Lagos, the First Consultant Hospital.
The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) has pledged the support of the military of Member States for the battle against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), in the region.
Global acknowledgement of the sterling leadership shown by the Lagos State Government and Governor Babatunde Fashola, SAN in the containment of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the country came from no less a body than the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday.
The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) will hold its 34th Ordinary Session 9-11 September 2014 in Accra, Ghana to review the general security situation in the region and determine adequate responses.
Nigeria has recorded another Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) death as government battles to contain the spread of the deadly virus that was imported into the country by a Liberian-American Patrick Sawyer on July 20.
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu Wednesday announced that another patient infected with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has been discharged.
He said pharmaceutical companies should be encouraged to conduct research on the virus with a view to finding the needed vaccine to eliminate it
The statement said: “The meeting recognised the negative impact of the disease on the economy, security and social status of ECOWAS member states
In remarks made at a forum organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja to brief the international community on the Nigerian Government’s response to the epidemic, the Mcintosh said: “This is a community challenge that can only be faced through solidarity, working together and integrating our responses
The Vice President of ECOWAS Commission, Toga McIntosh, announced this at a briefing organised by the Nigerian Government for the diplomatic corps on Ebola outbreak in Abuja on Thursday.
McIntosh said the management of the commission took the decision as a precautionary measure to check the spread of the virus
“Indeed, we need to place equal, if not more, emphasis on efforts at identifying threats to regional and national peace and security and nipping them in the bud,” the minister said while opening a one-day meeting of the Council in Accra on Tuesday