Coup: ECOWAS Lifts Sanctions On Niger, Mali, Guinea

He also urged the three member states that announced their withdrawal from ECOWAS to reconsider their decision and not see the union as an enemy.

He said, “Times like we currently face in our sub-region demand that we take difficult but courageous decisions that put the plight of our people at the centre of our deliberations.

“Democracy is nothing more than the political framework and the path to addressing the basic needs and aspirations of the people. This is why we must re-examine our current approach to the quest for constitutional order in four of our Member States. I therefore urge them to re-consider the decision of the three of them to exit their home and not to perceive our organization as the enemy