Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has departed Abuja on Saturday to attend the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, which is scheduled to hold on Sunday in Ghana.
According to the statement on Saturday in Abuja by the spokesman of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, Prof Osinbajo, who will be standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari at the Summit, would join other ECOWAS leaders to deliberate and review the situations in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso, particularly towards restoring democratic rule.
“At the summit tomorrow, the Mediation and Security Council of ECOWAS will update leaders on political developments in the region and in the Sahel region,” the statement said.
It added that the Council would also provide updates on the issues of insecurity, challenges relating to youth unemployment and the impact of diseases and pandemics on social tensions in the region.
The statement disclosed that Prof Osinbajo, will on the sideline of the Summit, also attend a meeting of the five West African countries involved with “The Abidjan – Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project”, a flagship project of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA).
The project connects the capitals of five West African states (Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria) and stretches for approximately 1,028 km.
According to the statement, the Nigerian Vice President is expected back in Abuja later on Sunday.
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