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March 4, 2022
Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament has again called on the citizens of the sub-region to avail themselves, of the opportunity to take the COVID -19 vaccine in-order to mitigate and reduce the effects of new possible variants that may likely create more death cases arising from its devastating effects which according to him have reduced significantly.
According to him the sub-region cannot deny the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic is not yet over, and as such we must remain vigilant and anticipate the possible emergence of yet another variant because this is the characteristics of any pandemic.
However, it has been proven that vaccination contributes significantly to the mitigation of its effects. He added that ‘Fortunately we see that hospitalizations and deaths resulting from Covid-19 have reduced significantly as has the virulence of the disease.
This, according to him, is why he would continue to appeal to our people to take the vaccine and believe in its providential efficacy because it works, the Speaker added at the opening of the first ECOWAS Parliamentary seminar 2022 which is currently taking place at Ministerial Complex in Monrovia the capital of Liberia.
The Speaker said that the objective of the Seminar which is titled “ECOWAS VISION 2050; FORMULATION PROCESS AND CHALLENGES TO THE IMPLEMENTATION” is to enable the MPs to take ownership of the ECOWAS Vision 2050 and ensure their full involvement in its implementation.
He lamented that as a Parliamentary body, we are confronted with challenges in our governance and security sector and it has become absolutely crucial that they deliberate candidly on the issues that threaten peace and democracy in the region. This is why according to him the ECOWAS Parliament have dedicated the upcoming session to particularly discuss the political and security situation in the region while hoping that at the end they should be able to build a broad based consensus around the necessity to stamp out the menace of unconstitutional takeovers, terrorism and insecurity.
He said that the purpose of the seminar is to be able to define a framework that will help us to access where we are now as a region and where we want to be by 2050 and how we can get there. This, according to him is the only way we can help to improve the quality of life of the people of our sub region to meet up with our counterparts in the developed world. In his words, visioning in this context means creating multiple alternatives development strategies and integrated implementation approaches for reaching the goals of future regional development.
And so holding this seminar is to promote the 2050 vision as it would henceforth be the basis of our actions and relationships over the next 30 years.’ According to him it is expected that the vision would provide policy prescription to tackle the complex issues of Development as it relates to education, science and technology, health and development, sustainable agriculture, Peace and social justice and gender Equality. This is why this sensitization seminar offers the opportunity to define a common strategy and to give guidance to our regional institutions particularly to the Community Parliament in the framework of the implementation of the Vision 2050.
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