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August 8, 2019
The Speaker of ECOWASParliament Moustapha Cisse-Lo has called on all member countries to ensurethirty per cent women representation in its ranks.
He made the remarkduring a courtesy visit to the President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc ChristianKaboré, and the Speaker of Burkina Faso National Assembly, Bala AlassaneSakandé in Ouagadougou.
According to TheSpeaker, thirty per cent women representation in the Parliament is one of themajor objectives he hopes to achieve before the end of his tenure in 2020.
Cisse-Lo, said thatECOWAS had not achieved that because member states always selected men asParliamentarians.
He said the meeting isa friendly one, because they have to discuss about single currency which willbe good for the ECOWAS Population.
He added that histenure ends in 2020 and new members of parliament will be selected, theydiscussed on how to ensure continuity on the projects we have done.