[ 2014-08-20 ]

President Obasanjo And Kofi Annan To Meet With President Mahama ...On West Africa Drug Challenges
19 August 2014 –Accra, Ghana - Olusegun
Obasanjo, Chairman of the West Africa Commission
on Drugs and Kofi Annan, Chair of the Kofi Annan
Foundation, will meet with John Dramani Mahama,
Chair of the Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) and President of Ghana on
Wednesday, 20th August, to discuss regional
responses to the growing drugs threat in West
Africa.

In June, the West Africa Commission on Drugs
concluded that drug trafficking, consumption and
production in West Africa undermines institutions,
threatens public health and damages development
efforts. It called on West African governments to
reform drug laws and policies and decriminalize
low-level and non-violent drug offences.

“ECOWAS is uniquely placed to urge West African
governments to collaborate and make common cause
against the threat posed by drugs”, Chairman
Obasanjo said. “Only a concerted regional
response has a realistic chance of curbing the
pernicious effects of this well-organized
trade”.

“We must look pragmatically at what works and
what does not when it comes to dealing with
drugs”, Kofi Annan said. “The report which
chairman Obasanjo of the West Africa Commission on
Drugs will present to President Mahama, makes a
frank assessment of the situation and puts forward
concrete policy recommendations which I hope will
be heeded across the region and beyond”.

For further information, please go to:
www.wacommissionondrugs.org

Ben Dotsei Malor
Head of Communications & Presidential
Spokesperson
Office of the President,
Flagstaff House,
Accra, Ghana.

Source - Office Of The President

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