APA – Lagos (Nigeria)
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has said that the inauguration of the 2023 Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, marks a pivotal moment for collaboration and regional progress.
Delivering a keynote address at the inauguration ceremony on Wednesday in Abuja, Dr. Touray stressed the importance of regional cooperation and integration for the development of the region.
He commended the Member States for their efforts and outlined the ECOWAS budget’s priorities on projects that have a positive impact on the region, especially considering the regional crises.
The ECOWAS President congratulated Liberia, Guinea Bissau, and Sierra Leone for their peaceful elections and expressed concern over the military coups, insecurity, and humanitarian crises that affect some parts of the region.
The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Dr. Sidie Mohammed Tunis, in his opening remarks, urged for regional solidarity and self-reliance to overcome the various security, humanitarian and economic challenges that face the region.
He said that the region’s development and prosperity depended on our shared sense of brotherhood and that we can only effectively address these threats through comprehensive, deep, and sustained cooperation.
The report distributed by the APO Group on behalf of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said that the ceremony, which witnessed the swearing-in of new Parliament members, was graced by the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Dr. Sidie Mohamed Tunis, the Auditor-General of ECOWAS Institutions, Mr. João Alage Mamadú FADIÁ, and the President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante.
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Touray tasks ECOWAS Parliament on enhancing regional integration, development
