Buhari To Participate In ECOWAS Meeting On Common Currency In Niamey

By Ismaila Chafe, Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday depart for Niamey, Republic of Niger to participate in a meeting on common currency for the West African sub-region.

Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.

Member-countries of the ECOWAS Task Force on Common Currency are Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Niger.

Adesina disclosed that the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele would accompany the President to the meeting.

He said Buhari would return to Abuja same day after the meeting.