Tinubu Inaugurates The 6th ECOWAS Parliament
THE sixth Legislature of the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, has been proclaimed open by President Bola Tinubu.
This was Tinubu's responsibility as the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on Thursday, April 4.
President Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President Senator Barau Jibrin, representatives of other ECOWAS member states' legislatures, diplomats, and high-ranking government officials were among those present at the inauguration, which took place at the International Conference Centre in Abuja.
During the inaugural session of the sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS parliament, Barau and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central were among the legislators from the West African subregion who took the oath of office as members.
The President of the ECOWAS Commission and the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament received the list of the Nigerian delegation from Akpabio.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, is also leading the Nigerian delegation to the Sixth ECOWAS Parliament.
Establishing the ECOWAS Treaty of May 28, 1975, signed in Lagos, Nigeria, the ECOWAS Parliament is one of the institutions of the West African Union.
The current version of the treaty was updated in July 1993 and signed in Abidjan.
Nigeria is one of the 15 member states that make up the 115-member ECOWAS Parliament.
Ghana has eight seats in these seats, behind Nigeria's thirty-five (17 senators and eighteen honorable members). Seven seats are reserved for Côte d'Ivoire, while six each are given to Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Senegal.
Members hold office for a term of four years, commencing on the day of inauguration.
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