Buhari Set To Intervene In Mali’s Political Crisis

The political crisis plaguing Mali, a West African country, saw top officials of the government visiting Nigeria, yesterday to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari.
At the meeting held behind closed doors, Buhari assured the Special Envoy from Mali, Col. Assimi Goita, the Transitional President of Mali that the Nigerian government would intervene in its political situation but within the ambits of ECOWAS frameworks.
A member of the delegation, Mali’s Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation,Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, also briefed Buhari on conclusions from the National Conference on State-Rebuilding, held in Bamako, December 27-30, 2021.
In his response, the Nigerian president, said nobody could love Mali more than Malians themselves.
Buhari went on to counsel the visitors to work within the tenets of ECOWAS, to restore constitutional order to the West African country at the shortest possible time.
The Economist Intelligence Unit had rated Mali a “hybrid regime” in 2019.
On August 18, 2020, a coup d’état ousted the president and prime minister.
While on September 25, 2020, a retired colonel and former defence minister, Bah Ndaw was sworn in as Mali’s interim president.
“I am pleased you have briefed the ECOWAS Chairman too,’’ Buharisaid.
“Nigeria will work within ECOWAS limitations to assist Mali”.