In line with Article 27 (2) of the Supplementary Act A/SA.1/12/16 relating to the
Enhancement of Powers of the ECOWAS Parliament which provides that an Extra-Ordinary
Session may hold at the initiative of either, the Chairman of Authority, Speaker, President of
Commission or at the express request in writing of an absolute majority of Members to the Speaker, the ECOWAS Parliament is set to discuss approach towards the newly restructured ECOWAS Commission.
This was contained in a Press Release received from the Communication Division of the ECOWAS Parliament.
The Seminary is scheduled to take place from the 29th - 30th of September in Lomé, the capital city of Togo.
The vice President of Liberia has challenged the ECOWAS Parliament to push for appropriate implementation of the community protocol on gender and human equality across regional and local governments. Vice President Jewel Taylor made this request while concluding her keynote address presented before the Plenary at the official opening of the First Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament seating in Abuja. Jewel stated that Gender equality is a fundamental human right, yet women are underrepresented in power and decision making roles, women around the region do not fully experience equal rights and their potential as economic, social and sustainable change-agents remains untapped. She said “Excellency, special guest, distinguish members of the ECOWAS Parliament, as I close, permit me to say I will be remiss if I remain silent at this august gathering of regional leaders about the perennial issue of the lack of gender inequality in our local and regional body politics;
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