By Ben Agande, Abuja

President of Ghana, John Mahama   yesterday pledged his country’s support for Nigeria’s fight war against the Boko Haram terrorist group.

Addressing State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Jonathan, the Ghanaian President said his meeting with his Nigerian counterpart centred on bilateral issues between the two countries.

The Ghanaian leader, who is current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), urged   Nigerians to fully support Jonathan’s administration in the effort to crush the terrorists,  pointing   out that Nigeria was a strategic country in West Africa, so it’s destabilisation would deal a heavy blow to the stability of the entire region.

He therefore stressed that anyone who means well for West African region must join hands with Nigeria to ensure the menace of insurgency and terrorism is contained.

The Ghanaian President   commended President Jonathan and Nigerians for successfully checking the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country and for her willingness and efforts to assist less successful West African countries in tackling the deadly disease.

He announced plans to convene a meeting of ECOWAS heads of state by the first week of November to discuss concerted efforts at checking further spread of Ebola which has already killed over 4,000 persons in the region in the past four months.