Heads of State and Governments of West African Countries are gathered in Abuja for the 64th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to deliberate on Coups, among other issues affecting the region.
The end-of-year meeting is expected to review various decisions and agreements made and initiated by the body, including adopting the ECO as a common currency for the region.
The issue of the coup d’etat in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea would also be deliberated on by the regional body at this meeting.
Other issues are climate change, democracy, bilateral relations, and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.
About 25 heads of state will attend the session to be chaired by President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria.
Countries expected at the Presidential Villa in Abuja are Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Benin, Gambia, Togo, Cape Verde, Senegal, among others.
The ECOWAS Commission and other stakeholders like former President Goodluck Jonathan, the U.S. Lead diplomat for Africa, Molly Phee, the African Union (AU), and the UN Secretary-General Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel, Leonardo Simao, are also attending the meeting
