President Muhammadu Buhari and ECOWAS President Jean Claude Brou yesterday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja discussed stability of the subregion. Addressing State House reporters later, Brou, who assumed office on Thursday, said issues of common market and common currency were also discussed. He said he was at the Presidential Villa to inform Buhari that he was the new ECOWAS president and thank him for his support to the subregion. He said: "Nigeria is the host country of ECOWAS and the most important country of ECOWAS. So, it's extremely important that we come and thank President Buhari for the continuous support that Nigeria has provided to ECOWAS and inform him of some of the key issues facing ECOWAS. There are several activities, programmes and challenges and it is an opportunity to really seek President Buhari's guidance, advise and how best we can advance the agenda of integration in West Africa." The ECOWAS President affirmed that Buhari was fully committed to promoting the regional integration agenda. "There are several challenges and of course many progresses have been made, many advances have been made but of course we still have to continue to work. The Heads of State have given clean orientation to issues such as peace, stability, economic integration, common market and the issue of a common currency. "Recently there was the Heads is State meeting in Accra, Ghana, there is a task force to work on this issue, the issue of agriculture and several other issues. Of course, if we continue to work together, we will make more progress and consider these issues," Brou stated.
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