Jonathan to attend ECOWAS Summit in Accra

President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja tomorrow to attend the 47th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government holding in Accra, Ghana.

In a statement by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, the summit, will coincide with the 40th anniversary of ECOWAS.

During the summit, ECOWAS will receive reports on the current situation in Burkina Faso and Guinea Bissau and deliberate on issues of democratic consolidation and regional peace and stability.

He will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali; House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon. Mulikat Akande and some of his principal aides.

Jonathan is expected back in Abuja at the conclusion of the one-day summit.