According to the sources, the team will be made up of former Prime Minister, Seini Oumarou, former ministers and parliamentarians, as well as business leaders.
The sources said the shuttle diplomacy was aimed at reassuring friends of Niger that the situation in the country was the expression of the choice of the people.
Tandja is hurriedly organising the mission less than one week after ECOWAS suspended Niger from its activities for violating the protocol on democracy and good governance.
Observers believe that Niger's suspension from ECOWAS is a prelude to sanctions by the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU).
These have put the Tandja regime under pressure and experts say, very soon, the Niamey government could face stiff opposition at home like the ugly situation in Guinea.
Since Tandja organized the controversial constitutional referendum on 4 August empowering him to go for a third term in office, the political situation had gone from bad to worse throwing up the risk of a serious social and political instability.
Having stayed in office for nine years, President Tandja's second term is expected to end on 22 December, 2009.
Niamey - 27/10/2009
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