The President and the Convenor of Save the Nation Ghana Dr. Appiah Korang has said that it is unwise for the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS to go to Niger with force and guns.
Speaking on Plan B FM morning show NKOSUONSEM with Nana Yaw Abrompah, he said Africa has a leadership problem which is contributing to many coups in the African continent but the leadership of ECOWAS has failed to address the mismanagement of African countries by their presidents leaving their citizens in hardships and poverty.
“The future of a country depends on its leaders and if the leaders are not loyal to their people it mostly creates confusion”
This was in reaction to Ghana’s Minister of Defence Dominic Nitiwul has told army chiefs of West African countries to be loyal to their heads of state and also to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as measures are put in place to restore democracy in Niger.
He asked the army chiefs to send a signal to the world that the days that coup makers enjoyed the support of the people are over.
Speaking at the extraordinary meeting ongoing in Accra today Thursday and Friday for army chiefs of some West African states over sending troops to Niger to restore constitutional order he said “Your presence alone sounds and gives me a powerful message to the world that you are united in carrying out the directive of the heads of state and governments of ECOWAS and that after today and tomorrow’s meeting, you will put in place a plan to ensure that a standby force is activated and that democracy will be restored in Niger.
“If Presidential guards in Guinea and Niger take hostage of their president, nobody in West Africa is safe. That is why I urge you to continue to be loyal to heads of state, I urge you, to continue to be loyal to Ecowas directives, and to give effects that the days that coup d’etats enjoy the support of our people are over.
“Yes, in a democracy people will agree to disagree, but the vast majority of our people in West Africa are with you, the vast majority of the people of West Africa do not want to be under the difficulties that we are facing today.”
The meeting follows a decision by the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States to activate a standby force in the crisis-hit West African nation.
The West African bloc had initially given the military junta led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani a seven-day ultimatum to reinstate Mohamed Bazoum as President.
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