The President, Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday lead a Federal Government delegation to the 57th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States Authority of Heads of State and Government which will hold in Niamey, Niger Republic.
The President who was appointed by Ecowas as a Pandemic response champion, will be delivering a speech at the event. He will be giving a report on the pandemic in the region to the summit.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday titled “President Buhari attends ECOWAS summit in Niger Republic; COVID-19, economy, security and democracy top agenda.”
The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Monday for Niamey, Niger Republic to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.”
“The one-day summit will deliberate on the Special Report on COVID-19 to be presented by President Buhari who was appointed the ECOWAS Champion on the Fight against COVID-19 during the Extraordinary Virtual Summit of ECOWAS on April 23, 2020.”
“As a champion, the Nigerian leader was expected to coordinate the sub-regional response against the pandemic. In furtherance of that objective, under the supervision of the Champion, Nigerian Ministers of Health, Aviation, and Finance were appointed Chairpersons of the Ministerial Coordination Committees on Health; Transport, Logistics, and Trade; and Finance respectively.”
The presidential aide said that the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean Brou, will present to the West African leaders, the 2020 interim report on activities of the sub-regional body including ECOWAS Vision 2050.
Garba Shehu said that the President will be accompanied by top Government officials, he also said that they will be back to Abuja as soon as the meeting is over.
