By Akinwale Kasali
Former Minister for Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has taken a swipe on Presidents and Heads of State of West African countries under the aegis of ECOWAS for appointing Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari as the champion of COVID-19 Response in the sub-region.
In faulting the appointment, Fani-Kayode said it was one of the greatest mistakes made by the ECOWAS Presidents.
ECOWAS leaders had, on Thursday, appointed Buhari Champion of the COVID-19 Response at an extraordinary summit held by video conferencing.
The ECOWAS leaders, during the conference, commended Nigeria’s approach to fighting the coronavirus disease.
According to the leaders, other Presidents would be available to support President Buhari in the fight against the virus.
But Fani-Kayode said appointing President Buhari, who could barely manage himself, as the Champion of COVID-19 response, was a great mistake.
On his official Twitter handle, he tweeted: “The greatest mistake that the ECOWAS leaders have made is to appoint @MBuhari as the leader of the fight against Covid 19. This is a cataclysmic error which they will deeply regret. He can barely manage himself & now you ask him to manage a sub-region of 400 million people?
