Final Communique: EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE ECOWAS AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT

With a view to coordinating and strengthening the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019, otherwise known as COVID-19 in West Africa, the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), under the chairmanship of H.E. Mr. Issoufou MAHAMADOU, President of the Republic of Niger, and current Chair of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, held on 23 April 2020 a videoconference Summit on the situation and impact of the coronavirus.
The following Heads of State and Government or their duly mandated representatives participated in the Summit:

H.E. Patrice Guillaume Athanase Talon, President of the Republic of Benin

H.E. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Burkina Faso

H.E. Jorge Carlos Fonseca, President of Cabo Verde

H.E. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Cote d’lvoire

H.E. Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia

H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana

H.E. Alpha Condé, President of the Republic of Guinea

H.E. Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau

H.E. George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia

H.E. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of the Republic of Mali

H.E. lssoufou Mahamadou, President of the Republic of Niger

H.E. Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

H.E. Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal

H.E. Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone;

H.E. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, President of the Togolese Republic

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Jean Claude Kassi Brou, also participated in the Extraordinary Summit. In addition, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, H.E. Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas took part in the Summit as observers.
The Heads of State and Government commended the Chairperson of the Authority and the President of the Commission for convening this Extraordinary Summit. They took note