The Economic Community of West African States, has said it remained committed to assisting member states in preventing further diversions, theft and leakages of small arms.
A representative of the commission, Ahoba Joseph made the commitment during the inauguration of multi-national small arms and ammunition group course at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre in Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna State.
The physical security and stockpile management competence seminar is collaboration between ECOWAS and German government through the multinational small arms and ammunitions group.
Joseph said that in the next five years, the intervention planned by ECOWAS will deliver to the region a pool of instructors and senior instructors.
According to him, the ECOWAS will continue to demonstrate strong commitment towards addressing threats to peace, security and stability in the region.
He explained that the peace and security architecture of ECOWAS is anchored on five pillars.
