By Abdullahi M. Gulloma
Abuja
President Goodluck Jonathan would today travel to Ouagadougou as a member of the three-man delegation of Heads of State and Government raised by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to facilitate rapid resolution of the current political crisis in Burkina Faso.
Members of the delegation 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.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, who announced this in a statement in Abuja yesterday, said the leaders 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.
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.
Abati said Jonathan would be accompanied to Ouagadougou by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed, and some of his principal aides and advisers.
