For once, the Nigerian Senate spurned President Bola Tinubu’s request to send Nigerian soldiers to Niger Republic in a bid to restore constitutional democracy in the country and implement the decision of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Instead, the lawmakers advised Tinubu, the Chairman of ECOWAS and other leaders of the region to “tread softly in addressing the political quagmire in Niger”. They asked ECOWAS to strengthen political and diplomatic options and other means to resolve the political impasse in Niger. Reeling out the resolutions of the senators, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, said: “The Senate recognizes that President Tinubu via his correspondence has not asked for the approval of the parliament of this Senate to go to war as erroneously suggested in some quarters. “The National Assembly to the ECOWAS under the leadership of President Tinubu in resolving the political situation in Niger and returning the country to democratic governance in the nearest future.

Source: Ethiopian News August 05, 2023 21:51 UTC