HomeCover StoriesECOWAS parliament's 2nd extraordinary session kicks off in Kano Monday

ECOWAS parliament’s 2nd extraordinary session kicks off in Kano Monday

Date:

Related stories

Nigerian Newspapers: Top 10 Stories to Start Your Tuesday Morning

Nigerian Newspapers Summary Good morning! Here’s today’s summary from Daily News...

APC chieftain warns Tinubu on Kwankwasiyya, NNPP dispute

As the crisis within the Kano New Nigeria Peoples...

Gov. Yusuf avoids direct contact with Kwankwaso

Tensions are mounting in Kano's political sphere as Governor...

Baltasar Ebang Engonga faces scandal as explicit videos leak

Baltasar Ebang Engonga, the Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s...

Kano NNPP crisis deepens as two Reps exit Kwankwasiyya

The internal crisis within the New Nigeria People’s Party...
spot_img

All arrangements have been concluded for the Second Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be held in Kano, Nigeria.

The Second Extraordinary Session, according to the ECOWAS Parliament, will be held at the Bristol Hotel in Kano, the Commercial Centre of the country, between the 20th and 25th May, 2024.

President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, attended the inaugural session of the Sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament held on April 4, this year.

The Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Barau I Jibrin, emerged as the First Deputy Speaker of the assembly during the inauguration.

Also read: ECOWAS military chiefs to meet in Ghana amid Niger unrest

The event, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the Deputy President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, will attract parliamentarians from Nigeria, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D’ Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Republic of Togo.

The ECOWAS Parliament, also known as the Community Parliament, is one of the institutions of the ECOWAS. It is the Assembly of Peoples of the Community, serving as a forum of dialogue, consultation and consensus for representatives of the people of West Africa to promote integration.

The ECOWAS Parliament which was established under Articles 6 and 13 of the ECOWAS revised treaty of 1993, is composed of 115 seats.

Subscribe

Latest stories

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here