President Muhammadu Buhari and his
colleagues from West Africa are currently
meeting over the crisis in Mali .
The extraordinary summit of the
Authority of Heads of State and
Government of ECOWAS is holding virtually.
Buhari is taking part from the Council
Chamber of the Presidential Villa , Abuja.
He is being joined by some top
government officials including the
Secretary to Government of the
Federation , Boss Mustapha ; Chief of Staff
to the President , Ibrahim Gambari ;
Minister of Foreign Affairs , Geoffrey
Onyeama ; Minister of State , Foreign
Affairs , Zubairu Dada ; and Minster of
Defence , Major General Bashir Magashi
( retd .) , among others .
Meanwhile The Economic Community of West African
States, ECOWAS on Thursday, disclosed that it
will handover 3,999 tons of cereal to the
federal government of Nigeria on Friday.
The Commissioner for Finance, ECOWAS, Mrs
Halima Ahmed disclosed this to newsmen in
Abuja. According to her, the handover
ceremony will take place at Hotoro ECOWAS
grain depot, in Kano state.
She added that this was part of the food
security the Community has pledged to
provide for its neighbouring states and to
instigate the negative impact of the COVID-19
pandemic on the people of the region.
The grains will be taken from the stocks in the
ECOWAS Regional Food Security Reserve,
partly warehoused with the Federal Strategic
Reserve Department (FSRD) and distributed
free of charge to the households most
affected by the humanitarian situation in
Nigeria.
