President Akufo Addo and his Colleague ECOWAS Leaders Resolve to Fight Terrorism and Political Instability in the Subregion
President Akufo Addo and his colleague ECOWAS Heads of State have
resolved to continue their fight against all forms of Terrorism and
Political unrest in the subregion at the regional body's 52nd Ordinary
Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government. The
activities of Boko Haram, Al Qaeda, and Terrorist groups in the Sahel
Region are amongst the specific extremists groups that were mentioned as
posing the greatest threat to the West African Region.
Agenda of 52nd ECOWAS Ordinary Summit
Institutional issues, Political and Security situation in Guinea
Bissau, allocation of statutory positions in ECOWAS, Tunisia's
observer status, association agreement between the regional
organization and Mauritania and Morocco's membership of the Community
were among the main issues that was on the agenda of the 52nd Ordinary
Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Closed Door Session
The ECOWAS Leaders kicked off the summit with a closed door session
strictly for just the Heads of State. The West African Leaders over a
period of four hours reviewed the reported the 79th Ordinary Session of
the Council of Ministers, the report of the 39th Ordinary Meeting of
the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council alongside the 2017 annual
report of the Commission President, Marcel de Souza.
Nigerian Leader
In his welcome address at the Congress hall of the Transcorp Hilton
Hotel as host of the Summit, President of Nigeria, Mahamudu Buhari
called for a joint effort on the Part of ECOWAS to ensure that all West
African Citizens catch up in the slavery saga in Libya are evacuated
and resettled in the various countries of their original domicile.
On Liberia, he congratulated the leadership and people of Liberia for
conducting themselves equitably during the first run Election. He urged
them to do same during the upcoming second round election and elect a
leader who will be sworn into office in January 2018.
President
Buhari condemned the Political and Security situation in Guinea
Bissau's body politic. He urged the leadership of the country to as a
matter of urgency embrace dialogue to resolve the issues of the country.
Representative of UN Secretary-General
The Special
Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa
and the Sahel, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambers conveyed the regards of the UN
Secretary General to Leaders of the West African Sub Region.
He
urged the Leaders of West African to make the provision of basic
services to their peoples such as health care, employment, water and
food, a top priority. It is in this provisions that the people of the
subregion will stop their attempts to migrate illegally to Europe and
elsewhere, Dr. Chambers noted.
Host of 53rd Summit
The Republic of Togo will be the host country and venue of the 53rd ECOWAS Summit with will take in June 2018.
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