Former President Goodluck Jonathan has announced that he will be making frequent visits to Aso Villa, the Nigerian presidential residence, now that Nigeria chairs the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
President Bola Tinubu was elected chairman of ECOWAS at a recent session, and Jonathan, as the head of the ECOWAS mediation team to Mali and chair of the West African Elders’ Forum, is mandated to discuss issues concerning the continent and the subregion with the Nigerian president.
Jonathan stated that he will be visiting every week to address the challenges in the subregion and engage in discussions on continental and subcontinental matters.
“Now that we are lucky our president has been appointed as the chairperson of the authorities of ECOWAS’ Authority of Heads of State and Government, I will be coming every week,” he said.
“So Nigerians should not be surprised, because we have a lot of challenges in the sub-region and those are the things we are discussing.
“I came to brief the president about some continental and subcontinental bodies. I am the ECOWAS mediator for Mali and I’m the chair of the West African elders forum. So, there are certain issues bordering on the continent and the subregion that I discuss with various presidents,” Jonathan added.
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