Buhari To Attend ECOWAS Summit In Niger On Monday

The one-day summit will deliberate on the Special Report on COVID-19 to be presented by President Buhari who was appointed the ECOWAS Champion on the Fight against COVID-19 during the Extraordinary Virtual Summit of ECOWAS on April 23, 2020.
This will be the second time President Buhari will be travelling out of the country since the outbreak of the dreaded Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja, Sunday, as the ECOWAS Champion in the fight against COVID-19, the President is expected to coordinate the sub-regional response against the pandemic.
According to the statement, “In furtherance of that objective, under the supervision of the Champion, Nigerian Ministers of Health, Aviation and Finance were appointed Chairpersons of the Ministerial Coordination Committees on Health; Transport, Logistics and Trade; and Finance respectively

