Ekeomah Atuonwu
Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, former President of Nigeria, has been appointed to the international advisory board of the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM Council).
In a statement on Wednesday, Jonathan’s Special Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, explained that with the appointment, the former president becomes the first Sub-Saharan African leader to serve on the board of the ECAM Council, a non-profit organization established to promote and develop relations between Europe, Africa, and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, with Italy playing a leading role.
Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister, José Manuel Barroso, former President of the European Commission, Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf, Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the African Union Commission are also members of the Advisory Board (AUC).
Jonathan will attend this year’s ECAM Council’s high-level advisory board meeting, which will be held in Italy on May 30.
Every year, in collaboration with The European House – Ambrosetti, the ECAM Council hosts a summit in Italy.
It brings together a select group of heads of state, government ministers, and multilateral agency heads to focus on long-term investment and international partnerships in healthcare and infrastructure, as well as the private sector’s contribution to the creation of strategic hubs across the African continent.
