ECOWAS to ensure freedom of movement in member countries

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Dr Nelson Magbagbeola, ECOWAS Parliament Secretary-General says the parliament will continue to monitor the border of member countries to ensure the full implementation of the community´s protocol on free movement.

Magbagbeola stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the end of the five-day ECOWAS Parliament 4th Legislature de-localised meeting in Niamey.

He said that the ECOWAS protocol on free movement had been a major challenge to the body with regards to its full implementation by member countries.

He added that citizens of member countries had continuously been harassed and asked to pay money to enter other countries.

“It is a serious challenge; but ECOWAS Parliament has taken it upon itself to be visiting the borders. We started in August, when we were in Lome.

“We visited the Lome border, Ghana border at Aflawo, we also went to the…

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