The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has said that it has made arrangements to honour President Muhammadu Buhari with an award in recognition of his achievements in the defence and promotion of democracy as a system of government throughout the subregion.
ECOWAS chairman, Guinea Bissau’s Umaro Sissoco Embalo, made the disclosure at a bilateral meeting with the president on the sidelines of the ongoing 5th United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries in Doha, Qatar.
Embalo said the president had done more than any other to support democratic governments in West Africa, just as he had done exceptionally well, waging battles against the emergence non-democratic regimes.
For this, said the ECOWAS chairman, President Buhari would have his name on the Roll of Honour in the community’s new headquarters building upon its completion in Abuja, so that future generations of West African citizens would know about the greatness he achieved and to copy his laudable examples.
Buhari welcome the proposition, stressing that democracy was the best pathway to bringing together diverse people and a dependable vehicle for the achievement of national development.
