November 4, 2014 – President Goodluck Jonathan will on Wednesday lead two other head of states to Ouagadougou as a member of the 3-man delegation set up by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to facilitate rapid resolution of the current political crisis in Burkina Faso.
Other members of the delegation of ECOWAS are President Macky Sall of Senegal and President John Mahama of Ghana who is the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.
“During their one-day visit to Ouagadougou, President Jonathan and his Ghanaian and Senegalese counterparts are expected to meet with Burkina Faso’s interim Head of State, Lt.-Col. Isaac Zida, opposition leaders, members of civil society and other political stakeholders in the country”, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Ruben Abati has said.
Recent political turmoil in Burkina Faso led to the resignation of former President Blaise Compaore and the assumption of power by Lt.-Col. Zida.
The African Union’s democratic charter requires its 54 member-states to act against the forceful overthrow of elected governments on the continent.
The Union has given the Burkina Faso military an ultimatum to transfer power back to a civilian administration within two weeks or face sanctions. President Jonathan will be accompanied to Ouagadougou by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed and some of his principal aides and advisers.
