President Muhammadu Buhari and the President of Economic
Community of West African States, (ECOWAS), Mr. Jean Claude Brou, today held
closed-door meeting at Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Brou said his visit to the State House
was to thank President Buhari on his efforts towards regional integration in
the West African sub-region.
The President of ECOWAS who made this
known while speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, also said that issues like stability in the
sub-region, common market as well as common currency were discussed at the
meeting.
He said, “Well yesterday March 1, the
handover was done and I took charge. It was important after having taken charge
that I come and visit President Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, to inform him that I am the new President of ECOWAS and to
thank him for the support that he has continued to give to ECOWAS.”
He added that “Nigeria is the host country of ECOWAS and the
most important country of ECOWAS, so it is extremely important that we come and
thank President Buhari for the continuos support that Nigeria has provided to
ECOWAS and inform him of some of the key issues facing ECOWAS.”
Speaking on President Buhari’s response, Brou said, “President Buhari of course
responded very positively. He is fully committed to promoting the regional integration
agenda and he has promised to continue his support so that progress can be made
for the benefit of all the population of the 15 member countries of ECOWAS.”
He added that he discussed some key challenges facing the
sub-region with President Buhari.
He said, “There are several challenges and of course many
progresses have been made, many advances have been made but of course we still
have to continue to work.”
“Of
course, if we continue to work together, we will make more progress and
consider these issues.”
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