{"id":74030,"date":"2014-12-14T20:01:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T20:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=74030"},"modified":"2014-12-14T20:01:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T20:01:01","slug":"mahama-arrives-abuja-chair-ecowas-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/mahama-arrives-abuja-chair-ecowas-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama arrives in Abuja to chair ECOWAS Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in the Nigerian Federal Capital, to chair an end-of-year Summit of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS).<\/p>\n<p>The ECOWAS heads of state will be reviewing the major activities of the year, including the security situation in the sub-region and the fight against Ebola.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;VZsj90J4tGV56FSXHn6X0b8opZFYrLKD&#8221;]The one-day Summit, which opens on Monday, 15th December 2014, will also discuss the situation in Burkina Faso and the Election of the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority for 2015.<\/p>\n<p>President Mahama was met on arrival by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hanna Tetteh, the Minister for Finance, Seth Terkper, the Minister for Defence, Dr. Benjamin Kunbour, and Ghana\u2019s High Commissioner to Nigeria, William Awinador-Kanyirige.<\/p>\n<p>Also present to receive President Mahama were the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Kadr\u00e9 D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Ouedraogo and the UN Secretary-General\u2019s Special Envoy for West Africa, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, as well as Nigeria\u2019s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Supervising Minister for Information, Dr Nurudeen Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Flagtsaff House Communications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in the Nigerian Federal Capital, to chair an end-of-year Summit of the Economic Community of West African States, (ECOWAS). 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