BREAKING: THE ECOWAS ASSEMBLY WANTS THE SANCTIONS AGAINST THE NIGER REPUBLIC TO BE LIFTED.

Babatunji Wusu –

The heads of state and government in the area have been urged by the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to remove the sanctions placed on the Niger Republic.
In July of last year, the Head of State of ECOWAS placed sanctions on the Niger Republic in protest of the military men, under the command of General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the former Presidential Guard Commander, who had removed President Mohamed Bazoum from office.

Following the parliament’s first session, Senate Chief Whip Senator Ali Ndume told the media that Nigerian states—roughly seven of which border the Niger Republic—were the targets of sanctions.

“Women and children have been exposed to unimaginable hardship,” Ndume stated. The problem still hasn’t been resolved in a way that makes sense. Since the poor are the ones who are suffering, we are pleading with the ECOWAS members to waive the sanctions and open the closed border between Niger and Nigeria. Let me clarify that concerned folks came to this conclusion collectively.

“This press conference is merely an appeal to the heads of state of the ECOWAS to take into account the humanitarian situation and end the impasse in Niger.”

Details soon…