APC Parliamentary Leader, Hon. Abdul Kargbo Inaugurated as Member of ECOWAS Parliament
Morlai Ibrahim Kamara APC Leader of Parliament Hon. Abdul Kargbo, among others, were on Thursday inaugurated as members of the sixth ECOWAS Parliament.
The inauguration which took place on Thursday at the International Conferences Centre, Abuja, was graced by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, representatives of parliamentarians of other ECOWAS countries, diplomats and top government officials.
The lawmakers were inaugurated into the ECOWAS Parliament by Tinubu, who doubles as the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.
Hon. Abdul Kargbo and other newly elected members of the ECOWAS Parliament took their oath during the opening session.
The ECOWAS Parliament is one of the institutions established by the ECOWAS Treaty of May 28, 1975, signed in Lagos, Nigeria.
The treaty was revised in July 1993 and signed in Abidjan and it is what is currently in use. The ECOWAS Parliament comprises 115 members drawn from the 15 member states, of which Sierra Leone is one.
The tenure of members of the parliament is four years beginning from the date of inauguration.