PRESIDENT DELEGATES OSINBAJO TO ECOWAS EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT ON POLITICAL SITUATION IN BURKINA FASO, MALI & GUINEA

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, departs Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating today on the political situation in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea.

The meeting which is coming as part of the resolutions reached at last week’s virtual meeting chaired by Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, will review the report of the ECOWAS delegation despatched to Quagadougou to meet with the military junta who recently seized power in Burkina Faso.

The summit will be attended by regional leaders who will be considering imposing additional sanctions after the country was suspended from the regional body last week.

Last Monday, soldiers forced the removal of democratically elected President Roch March Kabore from office in a military coup. The military takeover of government in Burkina Faso follows the same occurrence in Mali and Guinea recently.

It would be recalled that the President has been delegating the Vice President to represent Nigeria at a series of ECOWAS leaders' summits on the issues of undemocratic, military takeover of governments in the region.

The Vice President will be accompanied by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, Presidential Special Adviser on Economic Matters, Dr. Adeyemi Dipeolu, himself also an Ambassador, and other top Nigerian diplomats. The VP is expected back in Abuja later today.


‘Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
3rd February 2022

Africa leaders should find ways to prevent this issue of coup that is gradually becoming the "new normal".

You were sent to Accra- Ghana for summit because the president believes in your capacity, hardworking and loyalty and we believe you do represent us well

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Osinbajo will make a good representation

He'll make a good representative, he's an educationist and a professor. All the best at the summit...

Osinbajo has always represent the countr well

Imagine tifnubu in a meeting like this for Gods sake......