President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Ouagadougou
tomorrow as a member of the three-man delegation of Heads of State and
Government raised by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to
facilitate the rapid resolution of the current political crisis in Burkina
Faso.
Other members of the delegation of ECOWAS leaders are
President Macky Sall of Senegal and President John Mahama of Ghana who is the
current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.
During their one-day visit to Ouagadougou, President
Jonathan and his Ghanaian and Senegalese counterparts are expected to meet with
Burkina Faso’s interim Head of State, Lt.-Col. Isaac Zida, opposition leaders,
members of civil society and other political stakeholders in the country.
Recent political turmoil in Burkina Faso led to the
resignation of former President Blaise Compaore and the assumption of power by
Lt.-Col. Zida
The African Union’s democratic charter requires its 54
member-states to act against the forceful overthrow of elected governments on
the continent.
The Union has given the Burkina Faso military an ultimatum
to transfer power back to a civilian administration within two weeks or face
sanctions.
President Jonathan will be accompanied to Ouagadougou by the
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed and some of his
principal aides and advisers.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
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