November 26, 2018

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament which second ordinary session is currently underway in Abuja has on Thursday the 22nd of November, 2018 started sitting in committee meetings.

Joint committee on Trade Customs and Free Movement and Economic Policies, Private Sector and NEPAD is meeting today to consider referrals from the ECOWAS commission on the adaptation of community Acts relating to economic and monitory   polices of the ECOWAS integration process.

The Parliamentary oversight mission would also meet  to consider  the report of the Parliamentary oversight mission to the ECOWAS  institutions and agencies responsible for the, implementation of the community programme, based in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Benin-Togo and Ghana corridors.

There would be consideration of the report on the Parliamentary fact-finding mission to Liberia and the Republic of Niger.

Committee on Political Affairs, Peace and Security and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), would consider the political and security issues arising from the presentation of country reports, whiles the ad hoc committee responsible for consideration of the draft of the 2019 budget of the community would also look at the draft budget of the community.

By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com