The preparatory meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) is to take place at the ECOWAS Commission’s Headquarters, Abuja today.
The session will prepare a comprehensive brief for a full CCDS meeting to be held soon in accordance with the directive of the just-concluded 40th Ordinary Session of the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government.
According to a release in Abuja, the authority has directed the CCDS to review the emerging security threats in the Sahel region and the Gulf of Guinea, and propose concrete recommendations to address them.
Five member states, which include Benin, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire, will participate in the meeting.
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