Modalities have been established on how the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), soon to become a Commission, would consult the ECOWAS Parliament to adequately promote the process of regional integration.
Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, has therefore urged Members of the ECOWAS Parliament to work with the spirit of collaboration to achieve a strong and viable regional integration. Dr Chambas made the call on Sunday at a cocktail in honour of the legislators as part of the inaugural session of the Second ECOWAS Parliament, underway in Abuja, Nigeria.
He underscored the role of the ECOWAS Parliament in achieving regional integration and urged the Members to popularise regional integration in their national parliaments and at the grassroots levels.
He said the decision to have an ECOWAS Parliament was an important step in bringing the message of integration to the grassroots level. "Popularise it within our national parliaments, and popularise it at the grassroots level.
This would allow for increased trade, increase production, and facilitate free movement of people, goods services for a better life of our people", Dr Chambas said, adding "this is what regional integration is all about."
Meanwhile, with much work still to be done at the various committee levels, Members have agreed to hold an extraordinary session beginning third week of January 2007.GNA
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