At AU Meeting, Tinubu Urges Unity, Outlines ECOWAS Gains, Challenges

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President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, in Accra, Ghana, addressed African leaders on the status of ECOWAS, highlighting the progress so far made by the West African economic bloc and the prevailing challenges.

Presenting the achievements of ECOWAS in the past one year at the Sixth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union (AU), President Tinubu, who is the chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, in a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Sunday, said the Community has activated a Standby Force to counter terrorism and will continue to explore funding options.

The Nigerian President said ECOWAS has been supporting member-states to enhance electoral and governance processes, and recently deployed Election Observation Missions to Senegal and Togo – both of which elections were adjudged to be peaceful, transparent, and fair.

He also highlighted the facilitation of the signing of an Agreement for National Unity in Sierra Leone, noting that the…



Source: Leadership Newspaper