ECOWAS Parliament

Senate President Ahmad Lawan said, on Tuesday, that Nigeria was in support of the calls for an electoral arrangement that would provide direct election for representations at the West African regional parliament otherwise known as ECOWAS…

The Nigerian government recently ordered the closure of the country’s land borders with the Republics of Benin and Niger. The border closure, code-named “Ex-Swift Response”, is jointly enforced by the Nigeria Customs Service and the…

The ECOWAS Parliament on Monday appealed to the Nigerian government to reopen its closed borders as it hampers on the implementation of free trade movement within the ECOWAS region. Speaker of the Parliament, Hon. Moustapha Cisse Lo,…

The ECOWAS Parliament on Monday condoled with Burkina Faso over Sunday’s attack on a Catholic church, which left six people dead. Its Second Deputy Speaker, Madam Aminata Toungara, expressed the condolence at the parliament’s ongoing…

ECOWAS is developing modalities to increase job creation to address illegal migration in the region, officials have said. This formed part of discussions at the opening session of the ongoing Delocalised Meeting of a Joint Committee…

A member of the Nigerian Delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, Mr Garba Shehu, has said that the poor attitude of Nigerian representatives to the ECOWAS Parliament was largely due to domestic responsibilities. Shehu who spoke on the…