ECOWAS Heads of States Raise Committee on Nigeria’s Closed Land Borders
ECOWAS Heads of States and Governments have set up a committee to study the closure of the Nigerian land borders.
The decision was taken at the ongoing 33rd African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia based on concerns raised by members.
In a statement by the Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, the decision was part of the resolutions reached at the meting which was chaired by President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
Another meeting where the issue of closed borders was discussed was chaired by ECOWAS Chairman and Niger Republic’s President, Mahamadou Issoufou with President Muhammadu Buhari in attendance.
Foreign Affairs’ Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, was said to have told newsmen that the meeting lasted for about three hours.
According to the statement, the report will be presented to the ECOWAS Heads of States and Governments for deliberation.
Part of the statement said, ‘‘the President of Burkina Faso is charged with undertaking a full study of the situation, make a report and then we take it from there”.
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