Liberian’s Foreign Minister, Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah, has commended ECOWAS Parliament for far-reaching achievements in it’s over two decades of existence despite daunting challenges
Kemayah made the commendation at the ongoing delocalised meeting of the Community Parliament on women empowerment taking place in Monrovia, Liberia.
According to him, the Community Parliament “has over the last two decades committed itself to the holding of fruitful deliberations, adoptions of appropriate protocols, policies and implementation of programmes; aimed at the integration process of our community; as well as the promotion of representative democracy and good governance, peace and conflict resolution, accountability and transparency, rule of law, human rights and gender parity and the fight against terrorism, poverty, hunger and climate change…”
He also praised “the unwavering commitment and resilience of ECOWAS Regional Parliament towards realising the founding principles and overarching objectives of the ECOWAS Community Parliament” irrespective of numerous challenges facing it and our sub-region; including the Covid-19 pandemic and the global economic recession, terrorism and violent extremism, climate change, human and drug trafficking, youth unemployment and crime.
He however urged the Community Parliament to redouble its efforts as it pushes towards more women mainstreaming.
Kemayah took the opportunity to pay tribute to the memory of the late President of Tanzania, John Magufuli and the late Prime Minister of Ivory Coast, Hamed Bakayoko, both of whom he described as illustrious sons of Africa.
Nneka Ukachukwu
