The President of Nigeria, President Muhammed Buhari, speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) which he hosted, stated that the organization may have recorded concrete achievements so far, especially in regional intergration, but there are still daunting challenges of insecurity, drug trafficking, cross border crime, terrorism and infrastructure problems.
He further stated, that it still needs to grapple with the challenges and concerted actions to be taken, to deal with it.
The summit will hold for two days, some of the heads of government present includes President of Senegal and the Chairman of ECOWAS Macky Sally and the President of ECOWAS Commission Kadre Ouedraogo, who spoke in French most of the time, commended the various efforts in peace issues, the effort to conquer Ebola and fight against terrorism.
Goodwill messages came from representatives of the United Nations Secretary General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.
