Tag: ECOWAS Leaders

Buhari to ECOWAS leaders: Resist temptation of tenure elongation!

Ishaku Yohanna

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to ECOWAS leaders not to elongate their tenure in office beyond constitutional limits. Malam Garba Shehu, the presidents Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja said Buhari made the appeal while presenting Nigerias General Statement at the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Niamey, Niger Republic on Monday. The Nigerian leader urged his colleagues to respect constitutional provisions and ensure free and fair elections. He said: It is important that as leaders of our…

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We must return sanity to Mali, Buhari tasks ECOWAS leaders

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has joined ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments in calling for immediate release of President Ibrahim Keita of Mali, and a return to Constitutional order in the country. At a virtual ECOWAS Extraordinary Session on the situation in Mali, the President said that the removal of the Malian leader could spiral into more crises in the country, with devastating consequences for the West African sub-region. A coup dtat in the already troubled West African country on Tuesday overthrew the democratically elected government of President Boubacar…

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ECOWAS leaders take tough decisions on Mali crisis

Ishaku Yohanna

West African leaders on Monday adopted a tough four-point plan in a bid to resolve Mali’s political crisis, including calling for the resignations of 31 parliamentarians elected in disputed polls and for the swift creation of a unity government.  In a statement issued after an extraordinary video summit, heads of the 15-nation, West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, stood by Malis embattled President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. But the bloc also called for a unity government to be “established rapidly” and urged the opposition to join it. Addressing demands by protestors that Keita…

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