ECOWAS leaders had during their last Saturday's extra-ordinary summit imposed limited sanctions on Guinea Conakry and Niger Republic.

While the Heads of State announced the naughty castles imposition of arms embargo on Guinea, it sanctioned Niger by refusing to support any of its candidates for elective posts in any of the international organizations across the globe.

Also in the case of Niger, the West African leaders considered the holding of the referendum of August 4, 2009 and the circumstances of its organization  akoya pearl necklace as against the letter and spirit of the Constitution of Niger and a violation of the ECOWAS Supplemen-tary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance.

The leaders called on the authorities cultured pearl jewelry in Niger to desist from further acts that might deepen divisions within the country and exacerbate the political atmosphere.

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Subsequently, they "imposed sanctions stipulated under Article 45 (a) and (b) of the Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance by, the refusal to support candidates presented by the member state concerned for elective wholesale pearl posts in the international organizations; and refusal to organize ECOWAS meetings in the member state concerned."

The ECOWAS leaders further urgently requested President Tandja and the Nigerian authorities to suspend indefinitely the holding of the legislative elections scheduled for October 20, 2009 in favour of dialogue with the other leading political parties in resolving the cultured pearl jewelry political crisis in the country.

The Heads of State in addition resolved to dispatch a high-level mission comprising President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, General freshwater pearl jewelry Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) and the President of ECOWAS Commission Mohammed Ibn Chambas to Niamey to meet President Tandja on Sunday, October 18, 2009 to present the message of the summit and facilitate the restoration of dialogue between the stakeholders.

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In yesterday's statement by Yar'Adua suspending Niger as one of ECOWAS members, the regional body noted that for Tandja to go ahead to hold the legislative election signified a rejection of the appeal for dialogue and consensus to resolve the naughty castles deepening constitutional crisis in the country.

It further stated that, "As it remains committed to consolidating the culture of democracy, respect for constitutional legality and the rule of law that it has championed for the past two decades, ECOWAS will not recognize the outcome of today's elections in freshwater pearl necklace Niger."

According to it, "The violation of the 1999 Constitution by the authorities in Niger, the intolerance of divergent opinions, and the muzzling of the opposition political parties are serious breaches of the ECOWAS Protocol A/SP1/12/01 on Democracy and Good pearl strand wholesale Governance and constitute sufficient grounds for the imposition of sanctions on Niger in accordance with Article 45 of the said Protocol."

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The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, today signed the re-negotiated 2006 agreement, ending the protracted strike, which has crippled academic activities in the nation's universities in the last game machines four months.

Meantime, the Federal Government, today, gave cultured pearl jewelry provisional licences for the operation of seven private universities in the country.

Leader of the Federal Government's negotiation team, Mr. Gamaliel Onosode, signed the agreement on behalf of government, President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie, signed on behalf of members of the union wholesale pearl jewelry and Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors, Dr. Wale Babalakin, signed on behalf of the Pro-Chancellors.

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Leader of the Federal Government's negotiation team, Mr. Gamaliel Onosode, signed the agreement on behalf of government, President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie, signed on behalf of members of the union naughty castles and Chairman, Committee of Pro-Chancellors, Dr. Wale Babalakin, signed on behalf of the Pro-Chancellors.

Those who witnessed the signing of the agreement include two former ASUU Presidents, Doctors Dipo Fasina, and Abdullahi Sule-Kano; Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu, Minister of State for Education, Hajia Aisha Dukku; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Professor Dapo Afolabi, Executive Secretary, National Universities pearl beads Commission, NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie and Executive Secretary, Education Trust Fund, ETF, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

ASUU President, Prof. Awuzie however warned the akoya pearl jewelry Federal Government not to attempt to break the ranks of the union, insisting that the government must ensure that the contents of the agreement are implemented to the letter.

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