National Telescope national telescope newspaper
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the sixth Legislature of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament.
Tinubu performed this duty as the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.
The inauguration, which took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, was graced by President Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, representatives of parliamentarians of other ECOWAS countries, diplomats and top government officials, among others.
Deputy Senate President Barau and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP- Kogi Central), were among other legislators from the West African subregion that took their oaths of office as members of the sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS parliament during the opening session.
Akpabio transmitted the list of the Nigerian Delegation to the President of the ECOWAS Commission and the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament.
Furthermore, the leader of the Nigerian delegation to the 6th ECOWAS Parliament is the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin.
The ECOWAS Parliament is one of the institutions of ECOWAS established by the ECOWAS Treaty of May 28, 1975, signed in Lagos, Nigeria.
The treaty was revised in July 1993 and signed in Abidjan and it is what is currently in use.
ECOWAS Parliament comprises 115 members drawn from the 15-member State of which Nigeria is one.
Nigeria has been allotted out of this number, 35 slots (that is 17 Senators and 18 Honourable members), followed by Ghana which has eight seats. Côte d’Ivoire is allotted seven seats, while Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Senegal have six seats, respectively.
The tenure of office for members is four years beginning from the date of inauguration.
