ECOWAS parliament set to make COVID-19 vaccines available to sub-region
BY Victoria Ojeme Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Mohammed Tunis has said the Parliament is pushing to ensure governments of Member States make the COVID-19 vaccines available to the sub-region. Tunis made this known during the commemoration of the first anniversary of the Fifth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament on Tuesday in Abuja. According […]
Trade expert tasks ECOWAS on border laws, policies
Dr Ken Ukaoha, a trade and economic development advocate, has urged ECOWAS to ensure that trade and border related laws and policies within West Africa are implemented dutifully.. He made the call on Saturday in Abuja while reacting to the reopening of four land borders by the Federal Government on Wednesday. Nigeria shut its land […]
Buhari calls for ECOWAS commitment as AfCFTA begins Jan 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the commitments of member states of the Economic Community of West Africa State (ECOWAS) as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement begins on January 1. Buhari made the call at the 13th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government held virtually […]
ECOWAS, NEMA collaborate on disaster risk management
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called for the strengthening of the capacity of disaster risk management agencies at local, states and national levels as well as other stakeholders in disaster response. Dr Siga Jagne, ECOWAS Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender, made the call at a three-day capacity building workshop organised […]
ECOWAS implements distant-learning programmes to cushion effect of COVID-19
By Victoria Ojeme The parliament of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has begun the process of implementing electronic and distant learning platforms in the region to cushion the effect of the forced-stayed at home orders for students that followed the coronavirus pandemic. Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Sidie Mohamed Tunis disclosed this […]
ECOWAS plans second wave of food donations to cushion effects of food crisis in bloc
By Victoria Ojeme President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean Claude Kassi Brou says ECOWAS will continue to show solidarity with member countries to ensure success in the fight against Covid-19 and the poverty ravaging the region. Brou, who was represented by the Political and Diplomatic Counsellor of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador Emmanuel Ohin, stated this […]
ECOWAS Parliament will back states on E-learning — Speaker
The ECOWAS Parliament has expressed its readiness to support Member States in implementing e-learning in the various countries, using Information Communication Technology (ICT). Parliament’s Speaker Sidie Tunis disclosed this on Saturday while delivering his closing address at the delocalised meeting of a joint committee of Parliament. The meeting was held by Parliament’s Joint Committee on […]
ECOWAS Parliament will back states on E-learning -Speaker
The ECOWAS Parliament has expressed its readiness to support Member States in implementing e-learning in the various countries, using Information Communication Technology (ICT). Parliament’s Speaker Sidie Tunis disclosed this on Saturday while delivering his closing address at the delocalised meeting of a joint committee of Parliament. READ ALSOAgbakoba suggests path to Nigeria’s economic growth […]
ECOWAS plans second wave of food donations to cushion effects of food crisis in bloc
By Victoria Ojeme President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean Claude Kassi Brou says ECOWAS will continue to show solidarity with member countries to ensure success in the fight against Covid-19 and the poverty ravaging the region. Brou, who was represented by the Political and Diplomatic Counsellor of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador Emmanuel Ohin, stated this […]
ECOWAS parliament calls for investment in agriculture, healthcare to tackle food crisis
By Victoria Ojeme The ECOWAS parliament wants member states to increased their investment stakes in agriculture and health to arrest the worsening food crisis in the bloc following the pandemic. The speaker of the Parliament, Sidie Mohammed Tunis, said this in his closing remarks at the Delocalized Meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament on agricultural production, […]
ECOWAS court fines Guinea for ‘killing protesters’ in 2012
A West African court has found Guinea responsible for the killing of protesters in 2012 and ordered it to pay fines, according to documents seen by AFP Wednesday. Guinea has six months to pay five billion Guinean francs ($510,000/430,000 euros) to each plaintiff for the six people killed in the crackdown, plus three billion francs […]
COVID-19 2nd wave: WAHO warns ECOWAS member states to remain vigilant
The West Africa Health Organisation (WAHO) has warned Member States of the ECOWAS Community to brace up and prepare for the possibility of a second wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic. WAHO gave the warning in Guinea Bissau at the ongoing delocalised meeting of Parliament, with the theme: ‘Agricultural Production and Food Security in the ECOWAS […]
ECOWAS Court orders release of ex-members of Mali’s military C’tee
The ECOWAS Court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of 12 former members of the National Committee for the Recovery of Democracy and the Restoration of the State (CNRDRE) of Mali. The court also ordered the payment of 20 million CFA francs to each of them as compensation for the violation of their fundamental human […]
ECOWAS parliament meets amidst worsening food crisis in region
By Victoria Ojeme The ECOWAS Parliament is meeting in Guinea Bissau to discuss the way forward, as it concerns the food crisis that has hit the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) said over 17 million people in the Sahel and West Africa (7.1 million in Nigeria alone) need food […]
Nigerian lawmakers shun ECOWAS meeting AfCFTA, border closure
By Victoria Ojeme Lawmakers from Nigeria are conspicuously absent at the ongoing meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on the takeoff date of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement next year. Vanguard can authoritatively report that none of the nine Nigeria Members of Parliament in the committees […]
AfCFTA’s promise of free trade is prosperity for all Africans – ECOWAS Speaker
By Victoria Ojeme The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament says the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) holds the promise of prosperity for all Africans amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Sidie Mohammed Tunis said yesterday during the opening ceremony of two meetings scheduled with a week long activities of the Parliament in Cotonou Benin Republic. He […]
