President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with developing specific suggestions to assist governments across West Africa in dealing with escalating and rampant insecurity and coups d’états.
The president believes that identifying the core causes of military insurgencies will better position the sub-region to deal with recent security issues that threaten the ECOWAS bloc’s peaceful democracies.
President Akufo-Addo stated during the 2nd ECOWAS Parliamentary Seminar in Winneba, Central Region, that the entire African continent cannot abandon its democratic traditions.
“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.”
