Nigeria, ECOWAS, ECCAS to Agree on New Date For Summit on Boko Haram - Buhari Reveals

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, June 26, embraced the efforts  to bolster cooperation between Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on the war against terrorism.

 

The president, who spoke at a meeting with  the President of ECOWAS Commission,  Mr. Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, restated his view that greater regional and international cooperation was needed to ensure victory over terrorism in Nigeria and other countries.

 

 

The president in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, assured Ouedraogo that Nigeria would  hold further consultations with other stakeholders to agree on a new date for the ECOWAS-ECCAS security summit on Boko Haram, earlier scheduled to hold in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on April 8, 2015.

 

The summit was postponed because of  the general election in Nigeria on March 28 and April 11, 2015.

Buhari also assured Ouedraogo that Nigeria would continue to fulfill its financial obligations to ECOWAS to enhance the regional body’s ability to attain its objective of  regional integration and development.