The acting- Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament and Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin has explained that the parliament’s second extraordinary session was brought to Kano state in order to bring issues closer to the people.
Senator Jibrin revealed this on Monday in an interview with journalists including Daily News 24 reporter, Nazifi Dawud, ahead of proceedings of the ECOWAS parliament which are due to start on Tuesday.
“That’s why we are here in Kano. It’s the first time we are having this kind of meetings or session of ECOWAS in a place like this.
“We are here so that Kano will know ECOWAS parliament as the centre of commerce in Northern Nigeria. It is the nerve centre of the entire northern Nigeria.
“That’s why we brought this session here to bring it closer to the people so that Kano people will know ECOWAS parliament and the parliament will go deeper into our various societies,” Mr Jibrin said in response to question about the parliament’s mission in Kano.
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The acting Parliament Speaker added that the session would discuss all the issues and challenging affecting the now 12-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
“As a parliament, we have no constraint on any issue affecting the ECOWAS as a community. We would discuss all the issues affecting the community including the issue of security,” he said.
Mr Jibrin also stated that the delegation of the Parliament from Togo who have not yet came to the session would be in attendance before the 5-day event ends.
“You know there was no election (of the parliament’s representatives in Togo) but now that elections have been held, we expect them to join us at the parliament where they would be sworn in,” he added.
