Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has departed Nigeria for Ghana to attend the Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Osinbajo, who is representing President
Muhammadu Buhari, at the summit will join other leaders in the sub-region to
discuss the political crisis in Mali and the security situation in the
sub-region at large.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on
Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Laolu Akande.
According to the statement, the Vice
President will also meet with representatives of the Nigerian community in
Ghana to discuss issues bothering on their wellbeing in the West African
country.
Accompanying the Vice President is the
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb Zubairu Dada.
He is expected back in Abuja today at the
end of his engagements in Ghana.
Following the coup that broke out in Mali
on August 18, ECOWAS, the African Union, the United Nations and the United
States have condemned the action.
The regional bloc suspended the country
pledged a range of retaliatory actions, including financial sanctions.
Similarly, ECOWAS delegation headed by
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, arrived in the Malian capital, Bamako on August
20 to push for a speedy return to civilian rule after a military coup in the
troubled nation.
The delegation met with the members of the
new junta as well as ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
Rebel soldiers seized Keita and other
leaders after a mutiny dealing another deep blow to a country already
struggling with a brutal Islamist insurgency and widespread public discontent
over its government.
Mali’s neighbours have called for Keita
to be reinstated, saying the purpose of the delegation’s visit was to help “ensure the
immediate return of constitutional order”.
“ECOWAS appreciates what is happening in Mali and ECOWAS wants the
best for the country,” Jonathan said after his arrival.
SOURCE: Channels
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