President Brou Presents Report on the State of the Community to the ECOWAS Parliament

Today, 01 December, 2021, The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean Claude Kassi Brou, presents report on the state of the Community to the members of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, as one of the major activities of the second ordinary session of the Parliament for 2021.

President Kassi Brou performs this exercise by virtue of Article 32 of the Supplementary Act enhancing the powers of Parliament which states: “At each Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament, the President of the Commission presents a general report on the state of implementation of the Community work program”.

As an inventory of the past year and projections for the year to come, this report by the President of the Commission provides an opportunity for stock taking of the economic and social situation of the Community, to reaffirm its objectives and to formulate some major orientations for the immediate future.