ECOWAS Parliament holds extraordinary session to discuss Niger
On Saturday, The ECOWAS Parliament will hold an Extraordinary Web Session to exhaustively discuss the recent political developments in the Republic of Niger.
This is contained in a statement by the communications division of the parliament.
The parliament said that within the context of giant changes that occurred in the politico-economic spectrum of the world in the late 1980s, several ECOWAS member states were motivated to take decisive steps towards achieving peace and security through the development of democracy and good governance by the early 1990s.
“Thus, the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance came into force in 2001, marking an important stage in the sub-regions political development.
“Military regimes and one-party systems caved in for the emergence of multi-party democracies.
“Nevertheless, recent political developments in the region are pointing toward a reversal of the political gains of the past two decades,” the parliament observed.
The parliament recounted the unconstitutional changes of government in Burkina Faso and the Republics of Mali, Guinea.
It said consequent upon such developments, the day-long session would see the 115-member parliament considering the emerging effects following the unconstitutional change of government by the military of the Republic of Niger.
Niger’s military last month ousted and imprisoned President Mohamed Bazoum, drawing condemnation from international powers and raising the spectre of further conflict in the impoverished Sahel region of West Africa, already overrun by a deadly Islamist insurgency.
The ECOWAS Parliament has a total of 115 seats and 14 Standing Committees.
Each member state is guaranteed a minimum of five seats allotted, with the remaining 40 seats distributed in proportion to the population of each country.
Consequently, Nigeria has 35 seats, followed by Ghana with eight seats.
Côte d’Ivoire is allotted seven seats, while Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Senegal have six seats.
The remaining ECOWAS member states, namely Benin, Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo, were each allotted five seats.
(NAN)
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