ECOWAS Parliament swears-in six new Members

Hon Sidie Tunis (Speaker ECOWAS PARLIAMENT)

Six new Parliamentarians across Liberia and the Republic of Guinea has been sworn into the ECOWAS Parliament seating for its Second ordinary Session, held virtually.

The newly sworn-in Members of Parliament are Hon. Jonathan Lambort Kaipay (Liberia), Hon. Souleymane Keita (Guinea), Hon. Ramatoulaye Labbo Diallo (Guinea), Hon. Bandian Neiba Conde (Guinea), Hon. Aboubacar Soumah (Guinea) and Hon Boubacar Diallo (Guinea) respectively.

Welcoming the newly sworn-in MPs into the Parliament, Hon. Sidie Tunis, Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, urged the newly sworn in to emulate the track records of the outgone members of whom they are replacing and also challenged them to defend and represent the Community Parliament whom they’ve been called to serve.

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