Former President Jonathan reveals reason behind frequent visit to Aso Rock

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that his visits to the Presidential Villa will be more frequent in the coming days due to the problem facing the West Africa sub-region.

He made the disclosure while speaking to reporters following his meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Aso Rock on Tuesday, July 18.

As a Special Envoy of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Dr. Jonathan was at the Presidential Villa to brief President Tinubu on the mediation mission of Mali.

The former president disclosed that he will have constant discussions with President Tinubu who is currently the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the regional body.

“I’ve been a part of ECOWAS since 2020, as the ECOWAS Mediator in Mali and now that we’re lucky our President has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, in fact, I will be coming here almost every week so Nigerians should not be surprised because we have a lot of challenges in the sub-region and those were the things we were discussing.

“We have crisis in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso, I’m really handling Mali, but still oversighting others. So we came to put our heads together. I’m also the Chair of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise, we hold meetings, and, to have conversations on how to move things forward.

“So since the president just came back from the AU programme in Nairobi and I’m traveling tomorrow, so I’ve decided to come and brief him to know how to move ahead with the ECOWAS challenges”, Dr Jonathan said.


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