Tag: ECOWAS
ECOWAS: Niger Republic President Emerges New Chairman
The President of the
Republic of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou has been elected the new chairman of the
Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Authority of...
ECOWAS Leaders Meeting: Regional Security, Single Currency In Focus
The Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State
and Government got underway in Abuja on Saturday with regional security and the
security situation in...
Insecurity: Buhari Advocates Common Strategy To Tackle Challenges In W/Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari says the insecurity
challenges in the West African subregion can only be effectively tackled if a
common strategy is adopted by member states.Buhari,...
Human Rights: ICC President Urges ECOWAS Court Judges To Uphold Justice
President, International Criminal Court (ICC),
Justice Chile Eboe-Osuji, has urged judges of the ECOWAS Court of Justice to
always uphold justice to protect human rights and...
Coup: ECOWAS Chairman Condemns Failed Attempt In Ethiopia
The Chairman of Economic Commission of West African States, ECOWAS, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, on Thursday condemned the coup attempt in Ethiopia.
The Chairman,...
Erera: ECOWAS Electricity Regulator Pledges To Boost Regional Trade
The ECOWAS Electricity Regulatory Authority ERERA has pledged to fast track cross-border electricity trade in line with international best practice in order to address...
Peace/Security: Olonisakin Urges ECOWAS Defence Chiefs To Strengthen Collaborations
The meeting of the
Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of
Defence Staff ended with a call on member states to strengthen...
Human Trafficking: NAPTIP Advocates Agreement With Nigeria Neighbours To Save Girls...
The National Agency
for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP is seeking an agreement
between Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries to end the practice...
Sex Education: ECOWAS Urges Member States To Collaborate With Children’s Parliaments
ECOWAS has urged it’s member states to collaborate with their children’s parliaments to address issues of sexual awareness and enhance opportunities for children to...
Nuclear Weapons Prohibition: ICAN, ICRC Urge ECOWAS To Sign, Ratify Treaty
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN and International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC have urged ECOWAS member states to sign and...
Small Arms: ECOWAS Moves To Tackle Proliferation In Region
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...
ECOWAS Single Currency: Task Force To Give Assessment In June
President of the commission, Jean-Claude Brou, has
said that The ECOWAS Task Force on the region’s single currency would meet in
June to give the assessment...
Agriculture: Ecowas Biosafety Regulations To Boost Productivity, Economic Growth
The
Federal Government has said that the ECOWAS biosafety regulations would
facilitate the adoption of safe and useful modern biological processes to boost
agricultural productivity, environmental sustainability...
Low Trade: ECOWAS Meets Shippers Council In West Africa Region
The ECOWAS Monitoring Task Force on the implementation of ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme today met with the Nigerian Shippers Council to deliberate on the...
Transnational Crimes: I-G To Host ECOWAS Police, Security Chiefs In Abuja
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, will host West African Police and Security Chiefs to a meeting in Abuja from May 14 to...
2019 World Press Freedom Day: Saraki Says No Good Governance Without...
Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, has said that there could be no good governance in
any country where press freedom was not guaranteed.Saraki
stated this in a goodwill...
School Curriculum: ECOWAS Says Nigeria Leads In Efforts To Mainstream Organic...
The Head, Department of Agriculture, ECOWAS Commission Abuja, Ernest Aubee says Nigeria is one of the leading countries in West Africa that have taken...
Biometric Identification: Iom, ECOWAS, NAPTIP Launch Campaign On Free Movement, Human...
The International Organization for Migration, IOM is
embarking on a cross-border roadshow to sensitise people in West African coasts
on the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card.The...
Job Creation: ECOWAS Urges Member States To Enhance Private Sector For...
Economic Community of West African
States ECOWAS has urged Member States to urgently implement policies on private
sector participation to enhance job creation to encourage youth...
Migration: UNHCR, ECOWAS Move To Tackle West Africa’s Crisis
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Economic Commission of West Africa States, ECOWAS have called for urgent need to tackle migration crisis...
