ECOWAS Ordinary Session
60th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Head of State and Government of ECOWAS
Issue #20
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President Ramaphosa is positive for covid.
ECOWAS Ordinary Session in Abuja.
S. A's President Positive For Covid-19
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for COVID-19 and is receiving treatment for mild symptoms, the presidency announced.
Aljazeera quoted a report from the President's office stating that Ramaphosa, who is fully vaccinated, began feeling unwell after leaving a state memorial service for the former president, F. W de Klerk in Cape Town on Sunday, it said.
The 69-year-old leader is now self-isolating in Cape Town and is being monitored by the South African Military Health Service, it said.
President Ramaphosa and his team had just returned from a state visit to Nigeria and other three West African countries, though the president has insisted that Ramaphosa and his team were tested for COVID-19 multiple times during the visits.
Meanwhile…
the Deputy President, David Mabuza will take charge of the presidency for the next week until the president fully recovers.
ECOWAS Needs Stronger Solidarity
The President of Nigeria, Mohammadu Buhari calls for support for stronger solidarity among the ECOWAS Leaders when he played host to the Heads Of State from the ECOWAS member states in Abuja on Sunday during the 60th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Head of State and Government of ECOWAS.
The President has emphasized the need for ECOWAS leaders to forge stronger solidarity to address the new challenges, including the current third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its Omicron variant.
What he said
In his remark, as reported by Vanguard he noted that “Today’s realities remind us of the need to continue to forge stronger solidarity to address the new challenges, including the current third wave of the pandemic and its Omicron variant.
“I am glad that the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States and the West Africa Health Organization is continuing to work with our respective national disease control centres to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on our people and subregion
“At this 60th Ordinary Session, we have before us several issues of critical importance to the community as listed on our agenda.
“I would, therefore, urge us to carefully consider the issues to be presented to us and take well-informed concrete decisions for the welfare and well-being of our peoples and the future of our community.’’
Buhari commented that the subregion had continued to face socioeconomic, political, security, and environmental realities linked to the Coronavirus pandemic.
“The challenges of Coronavirus and the catastrophic consequences posed on our socioeconomic environment continues to torment us.
“The regional resilience, determination and resolution of working together in solidarity with each other, assisted us greatly to lessen the burden of the pandemic.’’
He equally stressed that democracy was being challenged in Mali and Guinea, adding that threats were looming around environmental degradation and climate change on the farming system in the sub-region.
“We are facing a network of criminals, including terrorism.
“All of these challenges require our collective action to work in concert with each other to programmatically address and provide our people better prospects in life.
“As a people, we aspire to create a borderless, peaceful, prosperous and where people can access and harness its resources through the creation of opportunities for sustainable development, job creation and environmental preservation.’’
Buhari salutes President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Chair of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government for “the purposeful leadership, commitment and energy he continues to exert on our behalf to resolve the challenges confronting our organization.
Mr Akufo-Addo in his remark noted that the 60th ordinary session was convened within the confines of a ravaging pandemic, and increased threats from terrorist groups.
He said the bloc must take decisions on political, socio-economic insecurity issues, especially in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic, the threshold jihadism, violent extremists, and the military interventions in Mali and Guinea Bissau.
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