Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said with its latest stand against unconstitutional seizure of power, leaders of member-states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have shown strong resolve and commitment to issues of good governance and democracy in the sub-region.
According to a statement by his media aide, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo
stated this on Sunday in Accra, Ghana, where he represented President
Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS
Authority of Heads of State and Government to discuss the political
situation in the Republic of Mali.
At the Summit on Sunday, ECOWAS agreed to impose additional
sanctions on the military junta in Mali, withdraw all ECOWAS
Ambassadors in the country, and also close land and air borders between
ECOWAS Member-States and Mali.
The Vice President disclosed that there was a strong resolve by
ECOWAS Member-States to stand against coup d’états in the sub-
region.
Earlier in his remarks at the opening session of the Summit, Chairman of
ECOWAS, President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana, praised the
commitment and support of West African leaders to the progress and
prosperity of the sub-region.
