This was after both picked favourable results in match day four games.
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“This is a major success in the fight against terrorism that France is leading with its partners in the Sahel,” said Parly.
Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari stated this when he received updates on the Mali situation from the Special Envoy/Mediator to the West African country, former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday.
The regional bloc announced the lifting of the sanctions in a statement by Chairman of ECOWAS Authority and President of Ghana, Nana Kuffo Addo.
“The CNSP has been given a week to comply with their (ECOWAS) demands before the sanctions placed on the country cann be lifted,” Ismael Wague said during a press briefing on ECOWAS’ mini-summit held in Accra, capital of Ghana.
The Vice President stated this on Tuesday during an interview with journalists shortly after the Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS in Accra, Ghana.
But the coalition that led anti-government protests before last month’s coup raised objections against a military interim president.
In his remarks at the third Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS on the socio-political crisis in Mali, President Buhari said from the briefings presented by the Special Envoy, former President Goodluck Jonathan, it was clear that the regional body’s engagements with the new military leadership in Mali were yet to achieve the desired results in several key areas.
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A statement by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Wednesday said the President spoke when he received briefings from ECOWAS Special Envoy to the West African country, former President Goodluck Jonathan.
This is coming after his prophecy on the political situation in Mali came to pass.
The Directorate of Communications of the ECOWAS Commission disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, made the call on behalf of the Nigerian Government via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday.
Dr. Jonathan, who is ECOWAS Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali, briefed on the political situation in the West African country, as corollary to efforts by West African leaders to restore stability to the country.
The Director General of NEMA, Air Vice Marshal Muhammed Muhammadu (retd), who received the returnees, said they would be isolated for 14 days in Ikeja before they would be free to reunite with their families.
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.
The Chairman spoke after many hours of consultations in the nation’s capital, Bamako, on Thursday.
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.
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.
Keita, re-elected in 2018 for a second five-year term, is struggling with a years-long security crisis in northern Mali, an outbreak of the new coronavirus and political tensions arising from a disputed legislative election in March.