The military takeover in the Republic of Niger on July 26, 2023 marked the latest of a series of coups that have rocked the Sahel region
in recent years. Their democratic president, Mohamed Bazoum , was detained and soon after, ousted from office in recent years. Their democratic president, Mohamed Bazoum , was detained and soon after, ousted from office, much to the consternation of an already-tensed region.
This was especially so for the ECOWAS Chairman who had only recently assumed office as Nigeria’s President amidst controversy and legal battles. President Tinubu had a lot to prove but no sooner had the ultimatums been made, the states of Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso counter-threatened to pull out of the Community effectively.
The 1975 Treaty of the ECOWAS was thereby formed along those lines of integration. These non-military objectives, being dependent on political stability, forced ECOWAS to birth a military group ) to intervene in conflicts sprouting within the region. Successful interventions were made in Liberia , Sierra Leone , Guinea Bissau , Côte d’Ivoire , Mali and The Gambia , either independently or in support of the UN peacekeeping forces.
Second, Niger’s strategy of unexpectedly withdrawing from the regional bloc following its suspension was a reaction that ECOWAS did not see coming. By withdrawing from the ECOWAS, Niger considered itself not to be effectively subject to the objectives of the organisation and thus, any military intervention. However, withdrawal of membership does not operate that way in ECOWAS – at least, by the treaty standards.
The federal government says it is committed to the full recapitalisation and commercialisation of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation and the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending to ensure their optimal performance. The military high command has said it is not in anyway aiding and profiting from terrorism and banditry in the country. The statement was against the backdrop of comments by the governor of Katsina State alleging that terrorism is festering in the country because the military was making gains from it.
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