By Gloria Ikibah
The Second Extraordinary Session of the Sixth Legislature of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will be held in Kano, Nigeria, from May 20th to 25th, 2024.
Naijablitznews.com recalled that President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, attended the inaugural session of the Sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament held on April 4, this year.
The Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Barau Jibrin, emerged as the First Deputy Speaker of the assembly during the inauguration.
The event, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the Deputy President of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, will attract parliamentarians from Nigeria, Benin Republic, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote D’ Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Republic of Togo.
The ECOWAS Parliament, also known as the Community Parliament, is one of the institutions of the ECOWAS. It is the Assembly of Peoples of the Community, serving as a forum of dialogue, consultation and consensus for representatives of the people of West Africa to promote integration.
The ECOWAS Parliament which was established under Articles 6 and 13 of the ECOWAS revised treaty of 1993, is composed of 115 seats.