By Timothy Choji, Abuja
Nigeria’s President and Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Bola Tinubu, says the security challenges in the West Coast have been thoroughly reviewed and a properly-funded strategy would be instituted to tackle terrorism.
President Tinubu made the disclosure about a new approach by ECOWAS leaders to tackle insecurity, with more measurable results, after a meeting with Presidents of the Republic of Benin, Patrice Talon, Guinea-Bissau, Umaru Sissoco Embalo, and Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum, at the State House.
‘‘We have no problems raising funds. We believe we have the instruments to do that. We believe we are capable of raising necessary funds to combat terrorism in the sub-region,’’ the President told newsmen.
President Tinubu noted that the West African leaders had extensive deliberations on sustaining democracy on the West Coast and fashioning out the framework for confronting security.
Earlier at the question and answer session with journalists, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, reaffirmed the commitment of the leaders to fast-tracking the transition to democracy in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso.
