Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has called for greater sub-regional synergy to tame the menace of insurgency in West Africa.
He made the plea yesterday during separate working visits to the President of the Republic of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca and the Prime Minister, Hon. Jose Maria Neves, in Praia, Cape Verde.
This was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser in charge of Media, Uche Anichukwu.
Ekweremadu, who had also addressed the sub-regional workshop on the enhancement of the powers of the ECOWAS Parliament in island nation earlier, said terrorism was a transnational crime that could only be overcome through intensive transnational efforts and cooperation.
Briefing State House correspondents, he said: “We are here to share our vision for the enhancement of the powers of the ECOWAS Parliament and what the sub-region stands to benefit from it with the President and the Prime Minister.
“We also looked at other critical issues concerning the sub-region such as terrorism, piracy, human trafficking and agreed on the need for the regional parliament and our respective national parliaments and governments to work harder on these concerns to achieve greater regional integration and prosperity.”
Also addressing his colleagues at the regional workshop earlier, Ekweremadu reiterated the determination of the third legislature of the Community Parliament under his leadership to actualise the enhancement of the powers of the Community Parliament.
