{"id":21260,"date":"2014-05-28T14:08:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T14:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=21260"},"modified":"2014-05-28T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T14:08:41","slug":"mahama-calls-for-emergency-ecowas-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/mahama-calls-for-emergency-ecowas-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama calls for emergency ECOWAS meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has summoned all sub-regional leaders for a meeting in Accra on Friday, May 30.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the Economic Community Of West African States\u00a0 (ECOWAS) meeting is expected to discuss important issues affecting the sub-region including the Boko Haram threat in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting will come off at the M\u00f6venpick\u00a0Ambassador\u00a0Hotel in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Presidential Spokesperson, Ben Dotse Malor told the media at the Flagstaff House on Wednesday that the meeting is part of the president&#8217;s efforts to enhance security and regional integration in the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first meeting President Mahama is organizing for member states in Ghana since assuming the chairman position of the regional community.<\/p>\n<p>Dotse Marlor said a wide range of issues &#8220;of urgent and mutual consent will be chosen by the Heads of States for discussion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to him, activities for the meeting, will include a welcome address by President Mahama, a presentation by the President\u00a0of the\u00a0ECOWAS Commission, Kadr\u00e9 D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Ouedraogo, a close session meeting by the leaders, and a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>The President on Tuesday ordered the Ghana Armed Forces \u00a0to \u201coutline a strategy for training and preparation\u201d in readiness to fight terrorists who might target the West African nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerrorism is not a new phenomenon in the world but the new dimensions that it is taking are threatening global peace,\u201d he told the Security Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>The militant group based in Nigeria has taken responsibility for kidnapping over 200 school girls and a series of number of bomb blasts which have killed hundreds of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has summoned all sub-regional leaders for a meeting in Accra on Friday, May 30. 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