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October 23, 2017

Buhari to attend ECOWAS meeting on common currency in Niger

Buhari to attend ECOWAS meeting on common currency in Niger

President Muhammadu Buhari; ECOWAS Chairman / Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Chairman ECOWAS Commission, Marcel de Souza at the Fiftieth Ordinary Session of the EOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Abuja on Saturday

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA – PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday depart for Niamey, Republic of Niger, to participate in a meeting on common currency for the West African sub-region.

President Buhari

Member countries of the ECOWAS Task Force on Common Currency are ‎Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Niger.

A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina explained that the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and the Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, will also join the President at the meeting.

According to the statement, President Buhari will return to Abuja same day after the meeting.