Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is leaving Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana, to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali.
Osinbajo who is representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the summit will join other leaders in the sub-region, to discuss the political crisis in Mali and the security situation in the sub-region at large.
The Accra meeting according to a statement issued by the Vice President’s Media aide Laolu Akande, will form part of several efforts by leaders in the sub-region, to resolve Mali’s political crisis.
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While in Accra, the Vice President will also meet with the representatives of the Nigerian community in Ghana, to discuss issues bothering on their wellbeing in the West African country.
Accompanying the Vice President on the trip, is the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada.
Osinbajo is expected back in Abuja later today.
Edited by Tunde Orebiyi.
