Tinubu tasks ECOWAS Parliament to retain Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso’s membership
Nigeria commands the largest representation in the ECOWAS parliament, boasting 35 seats, comprising 17 Senators and 18 Honourable members.
President Bola Ahmed Tinuu has tasked the newly inaugurated legislators of the ECOWAS parliament to ensure that Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali remain in the subregional body.
Tinubu, who also serves as the chairman of the regional body, stated this before the swear-in of the legislators at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja, on Thursday, April 4, 2023.
Tinubu said, “In legislative considerations and your various interactions, you must take seriously that we have to build the economic prosperity of our region by ourselves.”
Meanwhile, at the inauguration of the parliaments, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central/PDP), Senator Ireti Kingibe (FCT) amongst others, was inaugurated as a member of the 6th Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament.
Natasha, Ireti and other newly elected officials of the 6th Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament affirmed their commitment by taking their oaths during the inaugural session.
The ECOWAS Parliament, established under the ECOWAS Treaty of May 28, 1975, with revisions made in July 1993, convened in Lagos, Nigeria.
Comprising 115 members from the 15 ECOWAS member states, Nigeria holds the largest share with 35 seats (including 17 Senators and 18 Honourable members), followed by Ghana with eight seats. Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Senegal each hold six seats in the Parliament.
