The leadership of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), has urged the committee established to resolve the issues that led to the sub-region’s biggest economy, Nigeria, closing its borders with Benin, to speed up its work.
A communique issued after the 56th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government held over the weekend in Nigeria acknowledged that the implementation of the regional bloc’s protocol on free trade and movement of people have faced challenges that needed to be resolved.
The Communique urged the committee, the Tripartite Ministerial Committee comprising of Benin, Nigeria, and Niger, to “quickly conclude its work in order to resolve all existing border issues.”
