[NEWS] BUHARI TO ATTEND

PRESIDENT BUHARI WILL DEPART ABUJA ON SATURDAY TO ATTEND THE ONE-DAY ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT ON COUNTER-TERRORISM, IN OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO.

GIVEN THE GROWING THREAT OF TERRORISM IN THE SUB-REGION, THE WEST AFRICAN LEADERS HAD CALLED FOR THE SUMMIT TO REVIEW DIFFERENT INITIATIVES TAKEN SO FAR, AND REDEFINE THE PRIORITY INTERVENTION AREAS FOR THE CONTAINMENT OF THE WORRISOME ATTACKS IN THE AREA.

THE DECISION TO CONVENE THE SUMMIT WAS REACHED AT THE 55TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT IN ABUJA ON JUNE 29, 2019.