Insecurity: Buhari Advocates Common Strategy To Tackle Challenges In W/Africa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 29, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says the insecuritychallenges in the West African subregion can only be effectively tackled if acommon strategy is adopted by member states.
Buhari, who is the chairman of the EconomicCommunity of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State andGovernment, stated this at the opening of the 55th ordinary session of theSummit of the ECOWAS, in Abuja on Saturday.
According to him, member states of the ECOWAS mustremain focus in their collective endeavor in the areas of peace and stabilityso as to achieve the set goal of the organization.
He said the call had become imperative in view ofthe fact that despite the overall appreciable progress made, particularly inthe field of political governance, the sub-region had continued to faceconsiderable security challenges.
President Buhari, therefore, expressed theorganisation’s sincere sympathies and condolences to the families of thevictims of terrorist attacks, banditry and inter-communal clashes perpetratedby some misguided elements in the societies.