PRESIDENT BUHARI HOSTED 62ND ECOWAS HEAD OF GOVERNMENTS AND PRESIDENTS IN ABUJA

In a statement on his Facebook page the President thank his colleagues from the west African sub region for their support and cooperation during the Covid 19 Pandemic.

The President believed the cooperation by the leaders gave birth to the tremendous success recorded during the pandemic.

The full comment reads "Earlier this week Nigeria hosted the 62nd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State & Government. I expressed gratitude for the support extended to me as Regional Champion on #COVID19. The successes we recorded could not have happened without strong collaboration.

We worked closely to develop regional mechanisms that mitigated the effects of the COVID-19. The commitment shown by Member-States yielded very positive results as West Africa emerged as one of the regions with the least mortality rate, not only on the continent, but globally.

We also broke ground on the new ECOWAS Headquarters Building, in Abuja, for which we are grateful to the Government of the People’s Republic of China, for financial & technical contribution. The Building will house the ECOWAS Commission, ECOWAS Court of Justice and the Parliament.