News:
December 13, 2019
The Speaker of the fourth Legislature of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Mustapha Cisse Lo has empathized with the people of Niger after a terrorist attack that killed sixty (60) security forces late Tuesday 10th December 2019.
He made this remarks on Thursday 12th December 2019 on the floor of the Community Parliament in a very charged mood.
On behalf of the community lawmakers, he sent condolence to chairman of ECOWAS President Mahamadou Issoufou, lawmakers both at the Parliament and back and the entire population.
“They are peaceful population, it is most unfortunate, we need to make more efforts and pay attention to the various signs, indicates a precarious future for our children and family, it would not be right to remain adamant of this issue”.
He wished for Niger to have its peace and stability, and predicted difficult times ahead unless the sub-region muster courage and say to those who are not peace loving people, and pointed to the Western powers who had lost confidence in themselves and are working to ensure that the world is in disorder.
Mr. Souleymane member of the Senegal Delegation proposed that the House approves for a delegation to be sent to Niger to see for themselves the degree of damage the attack had caused including the death of the sixty security forces.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com/Abuja