The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice (CCJ), Edward Asante, has called on the ECOWAS Parliament to ensure that Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger rescind their threat to exit the bloc.
Justice Asante stated this in a goodwill message at the formal opening of the first 2024 ordinary session of the 6th ECOWAS Parliament on Monday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three Sahel countries officially communicated their decision to quit ECOWAS earlier in January after they were hit with sanctions over military takeovers.
Asante said he was aware that the parliament had been engaging high-level officials of those states through its members to ensure their return to ECOWAS.
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He described the effort as a noble initiative that the parliament should be commended for and which should be sustained under the 6th legislature.
