A meeting of ECOWAS chiefs of staff scheduled for Saturday has been postponed

With our correspondent in Cotonou, Jean-Luc Ablogon

Finally, the leaders of the staff Ecowas We will not see each other as planned in Accra this Saturday Technical reasons “. Some delegates find it difficult to reach the Ghanaian capital on time because the commercial flights offered do not always coincide with the desired route.

The chiefs of staff were due to meet to set up a West African Community “standby force” to restore constitutional order in Niger as decided by the sub-regional body during the August 10 Abuja summit.

Well-placed sources say the physical meeting will take place early next week. The date is yet to be confirmed, but this should not delay the process of reactivation of the standby force.

Chief Officers of benignFrom Ivory Coast Ghana And Nigeria There were work sessions this Friday, some in person and others holding virtual meetings. According to our information, the strength of the force changes with the announcement of new troop contributing countries. Guinea-Bissau.

We also know that nations will fund their own forces. Ivorian Alassane Ouattara pointed this out at the end of the Abuja summit, “ Budgetary provisions will be made for our forces and our officers participating in this operation to restore constitutional order Niger Anything less “.