The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting
started at about 11.00 am with some cabinet members.
They include the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey
Onyeama, Interior, Ra’uf Aregbeshola and the Chief of Staff to the President,
Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.
Others in attendance at the meeting are National Security
Adviser to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, Special Adviser
to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina and some officials
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
NAN reports that President Buhari had in Sept. 2020 during
the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and
Government held in Niamey, Niger Republic, presented Special Report on
COVID-19.
The Nigerian leader was appointed the ECOWAS Champion on the
Fight against COVID-19 during the Extraordinary Virtual Summit of ECOWAS on
April 23.
As a champion, Buhari was expected to coordinate the
sub-regional response against the pandemic.
NAN gathered that regional issues including the second wave
of the pandemic and the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines would dominate
discussions at today’s meeting.
(NAN)
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