ECOWAS: Ghana hosts 61st Ordinary Session

Ghana is hosting the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Accra this week.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who is Chair of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, will host his colleagues.

A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration indicated that the summit would mark the end of the second-year stewardship of President Akufo-Addo as ECOWAS Chair.

“Among many others, the Summit would be dedicated to examining and taking decisions on the man political, security, and humanitarian situations in the Region. Most notably, the Summit shall review the current state of affairs in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso, suspended from the Organisation, following the unconstitutional changes of government in these three countries,” it added.

The seat

President Akufo-Addo assumed the Chairmanship of ECOWAS on September 7, 2020, in Niamey, Niger after H.E. Mahamadou Issoufou, former President of the Republic of Niger, had ended his stewardship.

In June 2021, his mandate was renewed by his peers for another year based on his sterling leadership and to complete ongoing institutional reforms geared toward the reduction of the number of Statutory Appointees of the ECOWAS Commission from 15 to seven as well as streamlining operational cost.