ECOWAS Parliament Assures Of Efforts To Normalise Power Supply At Its Offices
Princess-Ekwi Ajide
The Communication Division of ECOWAS Parliament, says the People’s Parliament is working with Nigeria authorities to resume normal operations after the temporary closure of the Abuja International Conference Centre, ICC, which afftected the work environment of the Parliament.
A statement by the subregional body revealed that the People’s Parliament shares some services with the ICC, including electricity and office space which the closure of the centre caused disruptions for the Parliament especially the recent erratic power issues.
The Parliament is confident that the measures are temporary and are to facilitate renovations at the ICC but however maintains that discussions are ongoing with their host, with a view to ensuring that its operations are smooth, with the least possible interruption.
About ECOWAS Parliament:The ECOWAS Parliament is the House of representative of the peoples of the Community with 115 seats.
Each Member State is guaranteed a minimum of allotted five seats.
The remaining forty seats are distributed in proportion to the population of each country as such, Nigeria has a total of 35 seats followed by Ghana with eight seats.
Côte d’Ivoire is allotted seven seats, whereas Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Senegal have six seats respectively.
The remaining ECOWAS Member States, namely Benin, Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo, have five seats allotted to each of them,.
