John Ameh, AbujaPresident Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Heads of State and Government in the West African sub-region to tackle insecurity head-on. The Nigerian President, who is the current Chairman of ECOWAS, called for joint action by all the member states to combat insurgency, kidnapping, banditry and other forms of cross-border crimes. Buhari stressed that until insecurity was addressed in the sub-region, its stability, economic prosperity and development would remain a mirage. READ ALSO: Minimum wage: FG-Labour meeting ends in a deadlock againHe spoke in Abuja at the 55th Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS. He stated, “We should send a strong and unified message to the perpetrators of violence that we are resolute in our collective determination to confront and defeat them.”DOWNLOAD THE PUNCH NEWS APP NOW ON

Source: Punch June 29, 2019 11:37 UTC