Politics
JUST IN: Buhari, Jonathan to attend ECOWAS summit in Ghana
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will travel on Saturday to Accra, Ghana for the 59th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government.
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, ECOWAS Special Envoy and Mediator to Mali, is also expected to present a report on his latest working visit to the West African country to the Summit of the Heads of State at the summit.
The President’s trip was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Friday.
The statement added: “A communiqué will be issued at the end of the Summit.
“The 59th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government was preceded by the 46th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the Ministerial Level and the 86th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers, in Accra, Ghana.
“The MSC, comprising of Ministers responsible for defence and foreign affairs from the ECOWAS Member States, considered the security situation in the ECOWAS Region, among other topical issues on the agenda while the 86th Ordinary Session considered a memorandum on the post COVID-19 industry recovery plan, the 2021 mid-term report of the President of the ECOWAS Commission and the ongoing institutional reforms at ECOWAS, among others.
“President Buhari will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada, Minister of Defence, Maj. General Bashir Magashi (Rtd), Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, the National Security Adviser, Maj. General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar.
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