Posted by President Bola Tinubu has demanded that the economic sanctions placed by ECOWAS on Guinea, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso be lifted.
At the ECOWAS extraordinary session on Saturday in Abuja, Tinubu, the organization’s Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government, made this statement.
Chief Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Advisor on Media and Publicity, made this announcement on Saturday in Abuja.
“We did everything we could to convince our brothers that there was a better way, a way that would actually improve the welfare of their people through democratic good governance,” Ngelale stated.
And according to official regional treaties and convention, each of our countries had sincerely promised to follow this road with the other.
But the penalties that we thought would assist get our brothers to the bargaining table have turned into a painful roadblock. That which is harmful but ineffectual is, in my opinion and feeling, useless and ought to be discarded.
“The unquestionable goal of ECOWAS’s establishment was to improve the lives of the people in this region by encouraging brotherly cooperation among all of its member states.
“This structure was built with the firm belief that, when we come together as a group, we can truly control our own destiny.”
Her cited the president as saying that the security, social stability, democratic governance, political freedom, widespread prosperity, and sustained economic development were the regional objectives upon which ECOWAS based its actions.
He claimed that neither animosity nor a covert agenda had an impact on the actions done and that no member state’s rightful political ambitions were ever intended to be subdued or undermined in favor of the interests of an outside party.
“We must take note of the approaching holy months of Ramadan and Lent,” Tinubu stated in his demand for the suspension of sanctions. This is a moment for compassion, optimism, and unity whether you pray in a church or a mosque.
This is the time to pursue a deeper bond with our brothers and neighbors in addition to seeking God.
With hearts full of compassion for all of our fellow humans, let us reach out to those in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea as brothers and friends, in the spirit of the holy month and the Lenten season.
“In actual and practical terms, what I propose is that we, my colleagues and fellow heads of state in ECOWAS, halt economic sanctions against the leadership of the military authorities in Niger, Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso indefinitely.”
In order to help the people of these countries, especially the most vulnerable, freely receive food, medication, and other humanitarian supplies, the president asked ECOWAS to promote this flow.