{"id":58050,"date":"2024-12-16T05:38:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T05:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58050"},"modified":"2024-12-16T05:38:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T05:38:19","slug":"nigeria-clears-ecowas-dues-after-19-year-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/16\/nigeria-clears-ecowas-dues-after-19-year-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Clears ECOWAS Dues After 19-Year Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has fully settled its financial obligations to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the first time in 19 years, paying \u20a684 billion and $54 million.<\/p>\n<p>The payment, covering contributions from 2023 through July 2024, was announced by ECOWAS Commission President Dr. Omar Touray during an event in Abuja on Sunday, December 15, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Touray commended the move as a testament to Nigeria\u2019s leadership and commitment to regional development under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis 100% settlement underscores Nigeria\u2019s confidence in ECOWAS. It is a testament to the leadership of President Tinubu and strengthens our shared vision for regional development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The milestone payment, finalized on December 13, reflects Nigeria&#8217;s dedication to bolstering ECOWAS initiatives amid the region&#8217;s pressing challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu Nigeria has fully settled its financial obligations to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the first time in 19 years, paying \u20a684 billion and $54 million. The payment, covering contributions from 2023 through July 2024, was announced by ECOWAS Commission President Dr. Omar Touray during an event in Abuja [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[526,508,59],"class_list":["post-58050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news","tag-bola-ahmed-tinubu","tag-ecowas","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58052,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58050\/revisions\/58052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}