Nigeria, April 22 -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states will meet in Ghana on Tuesday to discuss the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.

The meeting will take place over two days, Tuesday and Wednesday.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the bloc said member states will discuss the modalities of the countries' withdrawal and its implications for ECOWAS agencies in the countries.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that the three junta-led countries made their official exit from the bloc earlier in the year.

ECOWAS, at the time, had issued guidelines on its relationship with the three countries and transitional measures, which it said would be reviewed and finalised as the year progressed.

The bloc had maint...