ECOWAS Parliament: Seeks support for Nigeria, other regional security
Nigeria is selling the strengthening of regional security to make sure peace and financial development in West Africa.
Nigeria’s place is contained within the nation report submitted to the second ECOWAS Assembly in 2023 in Abuja.
The report calls for member states to cooperate on security challenges via quite a lot of approaches to make sure stability.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that the report was launched by Linda Ikeas on behalf of the Nigerian delegation.
Ikeas mentioned Nigeria would need to harmonize regional security challenges in direction of interrelated security goals.
“Given the transnational nature of the risk, non-military peace efforts shall be prioritized over overly militarized approaches to security.
“The navy strategy has had the unintended impact of protracted armed battle throughout West Africa.
“Given Chad’s proximity to Sudan, ECOWAS, underneath Nigeria’s management, will play an lively position find an answer to the Sudanese disaster.
“This highlights that President Bola Tinubu met with the leaders of Niger, Guinea-Bissau and Benin within the Nigerian capital in July to debate regional security challenges.
“Perhaps a key factor of Tinubu’s ECOWAS agenda is security prioritization.
“In his speech, Tinubu said that without a peaceful environment, progress and development in the region will continue to be difficult,” she mentioned.
Cape Verde, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Gambia additionally submitted nationwide reviews specializing in regional security, NAN reported.
Cape Verde expressed concern that the nation is situated on the crossroads of routes generally utilized by transnational organized criminals.
“There are quite a few refuges on all of the islands, which have been comparatively not too long ago and to some extent closely exploited by drug traffickers.
“But the state has made important investments to safe our borders.
“We have additionally achieved success via our dedication and resolute stance in combating the phenomenon of drug trafficking, counting on worldwide cooperation.
“With regard to internal security and organized crime, the state has adopted a series of measures based on the zero-crime principle,” it added.
Regarding Senegal, he mentioned that though the nation enjoys political stability, it’s situated in a subregional surroundings characterised by instability and security challenges.
“The nation’s rating on the World Bank’s Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism Index improved from -0.28 in 2011 to -0.17 in 2021, on a scale of -2.5 to 2.5.
“However, from a security perspective, hostilities remain in the Casamance region near its borders with Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Gambia,” the report mentioned.
Meanwhile, the Gambia report famous that the nation has skilled relative calm and peace, which has enabled it to attain important successes within the security sector, together with security sector reform.
He mentioned the reforms centered across the implementation of a collection of trainings for the security sector, notably the Gambia Police Force, Immigration Service, Narcotics Enforcement Agency and prisons.
“All these efforts are aimed at ensuring the protection of human rights and the prevention of repeat violations of fundamental human rights by security forces.”
In a separate report, the International Academy of Counter-Terrorism (AILCT) has been coaching nationwide security and legislation enforcement officers in combating terrorism and stopping radicalization.
“AILCT gives three forms of coaching: Unit Training School, Management Training School, and Institute.
“To date, around 1,000 trainees have been trained at the academy, including soldiers, military police, police officers and judges from 26 African countries.”
All reviews had been adopted throughout a session presided over by Chair Sidi Tunis.
Source: guardian.ng