{"id":13827,"date":"2018-12-13T18:27:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T18:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=13827"},"modified":"2018-12-13T18:27:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T18:27:39","slug":"its-mandatory-for-nigeria-to-assist-ecowas-says-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=13827","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s mandatory for Nigeria to assist ECOWAS, SAYS Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-9138773614739834554\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"m_7740860328270607158ydp3615e5a4yahoo-style-wrap\">\nBy\u00a0<b>Femi Adesina,\u00a0<\/b>Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity)<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7740860328270607158ydp82083db4MsoNormal\">&#8220;With my double caps of being President of Nigeria, and Chairman of ECOWAS, it is mandatory for Nigeria to assist the sub-regional body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7740860328270607158ydp82083db4MsoNormal\">That was the declaration from President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday as he hosted a team led by Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, Rt. Honourable Moustapha Cisse Lo, at State House, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7740860328270607158ydp82083db4MsoNormal\">President Buhari was responding to requests by the Speaker, which included accommodation, payment of allowances, and sundry welfare issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7740860328270607158ydp82083db4MsoNormal\">The President added: &#8220;We will respond to the issues expeditiously. It is our duty to look after you. We will attend to the issues you have articulated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7740860328270607158ydp82083db4MsoNormal\">Speaker Cisse Lo thanked Nigeria for allocating land in Abuja to ECOWAS Parliament for its permanent secretariat, noting that Nigeria under President Buhari has led the sub-regional body admirably.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7740860328270607158ydp82083db4MsoNormal\">He also applauded the current administration\u2019s commitment to security and anti-corruption, adding: &#8220;It has given us hope in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_7740860328270607158ydp82083db4MsoNormal\">The Speaker also congratulated President Buhari on the confidence reposed in him by other leaders of West African countries, &#8220;which made them choose you as Chairman of ECOWAS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Femi Adesina,\u00a0Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) &#8220;With my double caps of being President of Nigeria, and Chairman of ECOWAS, it is mandatory for Nigeria to assist the sub-regional body.&#8221; That was the declaration from President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday as he hosted a team led by Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, Rt. Honourable Moustapha Cisse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}