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Lagos-Abidjan Highway Corridor Is Recording Progress, Says Osinbajo

by kindness Ike
July 5, 2022
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said that progress is being made on the Lagos-Abidjan Corridor and on issues around the movement of goods and services.

In a statement released by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, on Monday in Abuja, the vice president spoke with newsmen after the 61st Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) held in Accra, Ghana.

The Lagos- Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway is part of the Trans-African Highway within the ECOWAS region.

The vice president said that at the meeting, President Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau assumed chairmanship of the West African regional body, ECOWAS, alongside a newly composed Commission.

He said there were high expectations regarding the output of the body and the leaders must work harder to resolve lingering issues in the region.

“President Nana Akufo-Addo did an excellent job in a very challenging period in the history of ECOWAS and many of the challenges remain.

“So, we expect that the new leadership will take over and work as hard and perhaps much harder to resolve some of the issues.

“There are even additional challenges today – economic challenges, especially with the Russian-Ukraine crisis, and economic problems.

“Other issues are the coups that have taken place in the region in the past couple of years and we are still trying to resolve some of those issues.

“The new leadership under President Sissoco Embaló must step up efforts and address those very many responsibilities that the region faces today.”

Osinbajo added, however, that besides the challenges, the region was witnessing appreciable progress in the ECOWAS common currency policy.

According to him, these are things ECOWAS citizens should be happy about.

“Also, there is progress being made on the Lagos-Abidjan Corridor, some of the issues around the movement of goods and services on that corridor.

“These are some of the very important decisions that were taken and I think progress is being made,’’ he said.

Earlier at the opening session of the summit chaired by President Nana Akufo-Addo, the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS commended President Muhammadu Buhari.

Akufo-Addo said that the efforts and commitment of Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari in containing the COVID-19 pandemic and in addressing other challenges across the region were appreciated.

“Let me address on behalf of all of us, our thanks to our esteemed colleague, Buhari, who in his capacity as champion in the coordination of the fight against COVID-19, has spared no effort in this endeavour.”

He recognised Nigeria’s leadership role in addressing other challenges across the region, especially the menace of coups, terrorism, and deteriorating humanitarian situations.

“Indeed, following the failed coup d’etat of 1st February 2022 in Guinea Bissau and our emergency summit of Feb. 3, we decided to deploy an ECOWAS Standby Force to support the stability of the country and President Sissoco Embalo’s elected government.

“That deployment of 609 security personnel, composed of 150 Nigerian troops and 140 Nigerian police personnel, 150 Senegalese troops, 100 Ghanaian troops and 59 troops from Cote d’Ivoire, with a force headquarters of 80 officers drawn from across the region, under the overall command of a Nigerian general and force commander has now been completed,” he said.

He condemned the menace of terrorism in parts of the region.

Akufo-Addo said that the terrorist attacks were not only focusing on the Sahel but also expanding to the coastal states in the ECOWAS region.

He also affirmed that ECOWAS remained committed to the restoration of democratic order in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso.

Among decisions reached at the end of the meeting was the lifting of financial and economic sanctions against Mali with the expectations for improved progress in the country’s transition to democratic rule.

A newly composed ECOWAS Commission is also now in place with the emergence of Gambia’s Omar Alieu Touray who was introduced to the meeting of The Authority of Heads of State and the Government of ECOWAS.

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