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How I Reduce COVID-19 Effect In ECOWAS Region - Buhari ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #2022 #Abuja #Africa #budget #Buhari #democracy #goods #Muhammadu #Nigeria #Nigerian #war #Covid-19 #ECOWAS #OsazuwaAkonedo https://osazuwaakonedo.news/how-i-reduce-covid-19-effect-in-ecowas-region-buhari/29/11/2022/ By Femi Adesina
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by femi adesina
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Dash
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president muhammadu buhari Monday in
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Abuja reminded legislators of the Equus
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Parliament on the need to align their
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programs with those of the founding
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fathers of the sub-regional body
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the president who stated this at the
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opening session of 2022 second ordinary
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session of the Equus Parliament said
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that the vision of the founding fathers
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of Echoes was to have a West Africa that
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has integrated economically with
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harmonized policies enjoying free
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movement of persons goods and services
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as well as seamless right to
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establishment
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we must continue to strive harder to
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attain those objectives
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let us take advantage of existing
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mechanisms in our enterprising
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population to turn our dreams into
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reality
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we have the capacity to do so let us
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collaborate more and remove our outdated
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physical and psychological boundaries
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and other colonially inspired
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differences our region can fully attain
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its full potential he said
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on the election of members of the ecowas
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parliament by direct universal suffrage
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president buhari strongly declared his
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support for the process provided it is
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conducted with minimum or even at no
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cost at all to the community
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explaining Nigeria's support for the
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process he noted that echo's Parliament
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can only fulfill its true mandate when
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it has a set of directly elected and
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dedicated members
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I believe that a membership of the Equus
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Parliament not drawn from serving
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members of parliaments of member states
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would be a good step towards injecting
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our regional integration with new energy
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and initiative he said
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the Nigerian leader reaffirmed Nigeria's
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commitment to ecowas efforts with the
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support of Partners to keep the region
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peaceful secure and politically stable
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pledging that the country would continue
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to support the restoration of democratic
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rule in Mali Guinea and Burkina Faso
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we are convinced that the sustenance of
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democracy in the rule of law should
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remain the norm in this promising region
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there will be multiple political
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activities in some Equus member States
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including Nigeria where general
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elections are due to be held in February
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and March 2023.
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let me seize this opportunity to
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reiterate my commitment to Free Fair and
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transparent elections and smooth
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transitions
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this is one Legacy that I want my
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Administration to bequeathed not only to
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Nigeria but to the region as a whole He
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said
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citing upcoming elections in Sierra
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Leone and Liberia president buhari
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declared Nigeria's Readiness to stand by
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any country in the region that is
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committed to organizing free and fair
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elections
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the president highlighted that the
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global economic downturn has deeply
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affected the economies of member
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countries and resulted in dire economic
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hardships for the citizens of the
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community
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in this context the president urged the
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parliament to perform their sacred
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responsibility of considering the
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community budget with diligence
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conscious of the sacrifice of various
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countries in the payment of community
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Levy
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the president described threats to peace
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and security political instability and
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the adverse impact of covid-19 pandemic
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on our economies as well as the ongoing
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war in Ukraine as the biggest concerns
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facing the region
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it is on record that the region has not
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rested on its oars as we have always
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driven to evolve effective Regional
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mechanisms to address these challenges
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for example at the height of the
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pandemic heads of state of Echoes
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appointed me as The Echoes champion on
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covid-19
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working with three ministerial
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committees comprising member states
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Ministers of Health finance and
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transportation we developed an effective
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response by mitigating the effect of
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covid-19 on our citizens
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our efforts yielded positive results as
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the Equus region became one of the
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sub-regions least affected by the
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pandemic in terms of mortality rate he
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said
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president buhari noted that in spite of
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several challenges the regional block
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has continued to whack stronger as a
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community and has remained strong and
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resilient and shining example of
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regional integration and solidarity
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he nodded the organization for evolving
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in many aspects since its formation 47
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years ago
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we have recorded changes that have
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affected our demographic composition as
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well as the social fabric of our
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population we have seen our challenges
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increase in the face of growing
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aspirations and the expectations of our
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people he said
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president buhari assured the Parliament
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that the groundbreaking ceremony of The
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Echoes commission's headquarters in
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Abuja to be constructed by the
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government of the People's Republic of
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China will take place on December 5th
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2022.
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the president who explained that the
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desire to create an Equus complex
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housing the commission the Parliament
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and the court all in one Arena led to
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the delay in the formal takeoff of the
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project told the Parliament that as a
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country that believes strongly in
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Regional integration and cooperation
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Nigeria will continue to support all
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Equis institutions domiciled within the
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country our pledge to construct a new
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permanent headquarters for this
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Parliament remains as irrevocable and
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strong as ever he said
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president buhari said he had hoped for
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the completion and formal commissioning
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of the project before leaving office in
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May 2023 however the expansion of the
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project led to the delay
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the president expressed Delight that the
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harmonization in drawings and other
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technicalities for the project had been
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concluded clearing the way for the
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groundbreaking ceremony
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at View's exclusive rights femi adesina
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special advisor to the president media
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