News:
May 8, 2019
The first ordinary session of the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) Parliament would commence today 8th May 2019.
The three weeks session is expected to end on the 3rd of June, 2019. The three weeks long Session will be declared open by the Speaker of Parliament, Moustapha Cisse Lo.
President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou and President of the Community Court, Justice Jerome Traore, Speaker of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso, Alassana Bala Sakande, that of the National Assembly of Nigeria Yakubu Dogara and their counterpart from Morocco are expected at the opening ceremony.
A statement from the communication division of the community Parliament says during the twenty-eight (28) day session, the meeting will adopt and draft agenda and draft work programme of the standing, joint and Ad hoc committees.
MPs will also consider and adopt draft report of March 2019 Extra Ordinary Session and the programme of activities of the Parliament for the second quarter of 2019.
Similarly, the session will feature presentation of country reports; that of standing committees, joint and ad hoc committees and reports of Parliamentary fact-finding Missions in plenary.
MPs would also have the opportunity to hold interactive sessions with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) – Nigeria on the theme, “Kampala Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa”.
And with the International campaign to abolish nuclear weapons (ICAN) on the theme “United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com