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President Muhammadu Buhari, on
Saturday in Abuja held bilateral talks with some leaders of Economic Community
of West African States (ECOWAS).
NAN reports that the meetings
were held on the sideline of the ongoing 56th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS
Authority of Heads of State and Government.
Buhari met President Alassane
Quattara of Cote d’Ivoire, Patrick Talon of Benin Republic, Julius Maada Bio of
Sierra Leone, George Weah of Liberia and Rock Marc Kabore of Burkina Faso.
The 56th session of the ECOWAS is
expected to consider, among other sub-regional and continental issues, the
recommendations on the proposed single currency regime for the sub-region.
ECOWAS leaders had agreed on a
single currency for the sub-region 30 years back, to boost cross-border trade
and economic development.
They had formally agreed to name
the common currency “Eco”.
The member states of ECOWAS are
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory
Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
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