ECOWAS is committed to strengthening its intervention mechanisms to stabilise and address terrorism, cross-border crimes, inter-ethnic clashes, unemployment and migration in the region.
Speaking at the opening of the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Brou said, the region was faced with several security challenges.
Brou said the commission would continue to work closely with the parliament to reinforce political governance and democracy in the region.
The commission’s president also said the region’s economic prospects were promising given the “good performance of major macroeconomic indicators”.
He added that the details of progress made in the region would be presented in the State of the Community Report during the session.
In his address, Speaker of the parliament, Moustapha Cisse Lo said that the region had, however, made giant strides in the integration process and had strengthened trade among member states.
