Accra, March 20, GNA – Eleven Heads of State and Government attended the Summit of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on “Challenges of Integration and Development and NEPAD Implementation in West Africa” held in Accra on Saturday.
They were President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin; President Blaise Campaore of Burkina Faso; President Yahaya A.J. Jammeh of the Gambia; President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali and President Mamadou Tandja of Niger.
The others were President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria; President Maitre Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal; President Ahmed Teejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone and the host, President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana.
Prime Ministers, Mr Kofi Sama and Mr Seydou Diarra, represented Togo and Cote d’Ivoire, respectively, while Vice Chairman Wesley Johnson represented the Chairman of the National Reconciliation Government of Liberia.
Mr Jose Armando Duarte represented Cape Verde; Mr Mamadi Conde stood in for Guinea while Mr Joao Jose Silva Monteiro came from Guinea Bissau
Source: GhanaWeb
