The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has been tasked by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to develop specific recommendations to assist countries in West Africa deal with the escalating and pervasive insecurity and coup d’états.
According to the President, addressing the underlying reasons of military uprisings will better position the sub-region to address current security threats to the ECOWAS bloc’s peaceful democracies.
Speaking at the 2nd ECOWAS Parliamentary Seminar held in Winneba in the Central Region, President Akufo-Addo said the entire African continent cannot backslide on its democratic values.
“Brainstorming on all these major challenges that I have just outlined in the search for solutions to the political insecurity crisis facing our region is the imperative mission of this seminar. One of the expected outcomes is to help us understand even better the root causes of democratic regression and political instability in the region in order to better address them. This seminar, over the next three days, must propose measures to ensure the anchoring of democratic and republican values, both on the level of political elites and citizens of the community.”
“This will help preserve the peace and stability of the region. I can assure you that the authority of heads of state and governments of ECOWAS will be receptive to all your proposals and await them with great interest.”
