President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Member States of the
Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) to pay their
annual contributions as and when due for the Commission to operate
effectively.
The President made the call when he received the new President
of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean Claude Brou at the State House,
Abuja, on Friday
He also maintained that the sub-regional body must run a leaner
organisation by cutting costs and becoming more efficient so as to
achieve its objectives.
President Buhari said a lot of work had already been done toward
cutting running costs, following the recommendation of a committee
set up by the Commission on the reduction of the number of
commissioners.
“We must work toward limiting costs, keeping the number of
statutory positions low and running the organisation more
efficiently,” he said.
While welcoming the new President of the ECOWAS Commission to
Abuja, the President pledged the full support of the government of
Nigeria in ensuring that his tenure was successful.
“The task is enormous. The job is not easy, given the many
challenges facing the sub-region, ranging from issues of security
and that posed by the environment, including the shrinkage of the
Lake Chad,’’ he noted.
He, however, pledged the full commitment of Nigeria to work with
other ECOWAS Member Countries toward finding lasting solution to
the problems.
In his remarks, Brou said he was at the Presidential Villa to
inform Buhari that he had assumed office at the ECOWAS Secretariat
in Abuja, and was fully prepared to address priority issues.
According to him, such issues include the common currency,
restructuring of the organisation and the pending issue of new
memberships.
He also presented a special message from the Ivorian President,
Alassane Ouattara to Buhari and condoled him on the recent death of
two members of his family members.
NAN
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Member States of the
Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) to pay their
annual contributions as and when due for the Commission to operate
effectively.
The President made the call when he received the new President
of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean Claude Brou at the State House,
Abuja, on Friday
He also maintained that the sub-regional body must run a leaner
organisation by cutting costs and becoming more efficient so as to
achieve its objectives.
President Buhari said a lot of work had already been done toward
cutting running costs, following the recommendation of a committee
set up by the Commission on the reduction of the number of
commissioners.
“We must work toward limiting costs, keeping the number of
statutory positions low and running the organisation more
efficiently,” he said.
While welcoming the new President of the ECOWAS Commission to
Abuja, the President pledged the full support of the government of
Nigeria in ensuring that his tenure was successful.
“The task is enormous. The job is not easy, given the many
challenges facing the sub-region, ranging from issues of security
and that posed by the environment, including the shrinkage of the
Lake Chad,’’ he noted.
He, however, pledged the full commitment of Nigeria to work with
other ECOWAS Member Countries toward finding lasting solution to
the problems.
In his remarks, Brou said he was at the Presidential Villa to
inform Buhari that he had assumed office at the ECOWAS Secretariat
in Abuja, and was fully prepared to address priority issues.
According to him, such issues include the common currency,
restructuring of the organisation and the pending issue of new
memberships.
He also presented a special message from the Ivorian President,
Alassane Ouattara to Buhari and condoled him on the recent death of
two members of his family members.
NAN
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