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ECOWAS Winning on Maritime Security

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ECOWAS Winning on Maritime Security

President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Brou has said that the Sub-region was winning in the fight against maritime insecurity, with Nigeria being removed from the piracy list hotspot. Brou said this while delivering reports of the ECOWAS Commission before the ECOWAS Parliament at the ongoing 2022 First Ordinary Session of the Parliament in Abuja. Brou said winning against maritime insecurity could also be seen with a decreased rate of attack in the Gulf of…

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ECOWAS Members Disobey Community Laws – Justice Asante

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ECOWAS Members Disobey Community Laws – Justice Asante

Justice Edward Asante, President, ECOWAS Court of Justice, has lamented the poor application of Community Laws by National Courts of Member States, saying it impacted negatively on growth of regional laws. Asante made this known while delivering the Court’s address at 2022 First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja. The President, in a message to the session, said that poor implementation of community laws impeded the ECOWAS integration agenda. Asante, who was represented…

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ECOWAS will launch single currency in 2027

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ECOWAS will launch single currency in 2027

Mr Jean-Claude Brou, President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, has said that the community has resumed convergence to launch of the ECOWAS single currency “ECO” in 2027. Brou made this known while delivering reports of the ECOWAS Commission before the ECOWAS Parliament during the ongoing 2022 First Ordinary Session of the Parliament in Abuja. He said that the process of launching the single currency was stalled following the outbreak of…

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