President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will Monday in Abuja host the 46th
Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government
which will, among other things, deliberate on the current political and
security situation in the sub-region.
President Jonathan and other participating Heads of State and Government
of the regional body will also receive a briefing on recent developments
in Burkina Faso and review the report of the 33rd Meeting of the ECOWAS
Mediation and Security Council.
Also on the agenda of the summit are the consideration and adoption of the
2014 annual report of the President of the ECOWAS Commission, the
consideration and adoption of the report of the 73rd Ordinary Session of
the ECOWAS Council of Ministers and the election of the Chairman of the
ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government for next year.
President Jonathan, the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads
of State and Government, President John Mahama of Ghana, the Chairperson
of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and the United
Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for West Africa, Mr.
Mohammed Ibn Chambas will present statements to the one-day summit before
it goes into a closed-door session.
Some of the participating Heads of State and Government have already
arrived in Abuja ahead of the opening of the summit tomorrow.
A communiqué on the summit’s decisions is expected at the conclusion of
their deliberations tomorrow.