THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has called for urgent humanitarian aid to nine million community citizens displaced by conflicts and climate change disasters. Dr Mohammed Ibrahim, Head of ECOWAS Humanitarian Affairs Division, made the plea at a…
BURKINA Faso has introduced new biometric passports that no longer bear the logo of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), further signalling the country’s withdrawal from the regional bloc. This move comes after military juntas seized control…
THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is reportedly shelving its long-standing plan to establish a single currency, known as the ECO, after years of struggling to actualize the initiative. This development was disclosed by Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Junior,…
THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, on Monday, gathered in Banjul, The Gambia, to push for the implementation of a significant protocol designed to facilitate the free movement of people, as well as the right of residence…
Rep. Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, says the ECOWAS Parliament wants to amend its Supplementary Act so as to entrench Separation of Powers and guarantee legislative autonomy. Kalu disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency…
THE Joint Committee of the ECOWAS Parliament has proposed new budget reforms for consideration by leaders of the subregional bloc. The committees are those of Administration, Finance, Budget, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research. The lawmakers also recommended the amendment…
Sen. Osita Izunaso, a legislator of the 6th ECOWAS Parliament has called for election of members directly by their constituents, rather than through nomination by their countries as it is today. Izunaso, the First Rapporteur of the parliament’s Joint Committee on…
THE Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Memounatou Ibrahima, has called on the bloc’s member states to scale up its funding for the institution to meet its prevailing multifaceted challenges. Ibrahima made this known while declaring open a meeting of the…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu says ECOWAS will continue to persuade the military leaders of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to return their nations to the fold. President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and…
THE Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, are currently in a meeting at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja. The meeting is chaired by Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, who is…
