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President Buhari Departs For ECOWAS Summit In Accra

President Buhari Departs For ECOWAS Summit In Accra

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja for Accra, Ghana on Saturday where he will attend an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region.

The summit will take place at the Presidential Palace in Accra, also called the Jubilee House.

The development was revealed by the president's spokesman, Femi Adesina, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He stated that the summit will review the progress made by Mali’s military junta on the return of the country to democratic rule.

"The Heads of State will also review the situation in the Republics of Burkina Faso and Guinea", Adesina added.

Speaking further, he disclosed that the president would be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, National Security Adviser, retired Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno and Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb. Ahmed Rufa’i.

Per a NAN report, the heads of state and government met in Accra on March 25, under the chairmanship of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana and Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority.

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