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ECOWAS officials in Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), held a popularisation event for ECOWAS Vision 2050 at the SLAJ Secretariat on Tuesday, 16 June.
The gathering aimed to increase public awareness of the Vision and highlight ECOWAS programmes contributing to development in Sierra Leone.
ECOWAS Resident Representative in Sierra Leone, Ambassador John Azuma, said Vision 2050 is “more than a strategic document” and represents “the expression of a profound aspiration of the people of West Africa”.
He explained that the Vision aims to create a fully integrated community by 2050, living in a peaceful and prosperous region with strong institutions, respect for fundamental rights, an inclusive community, and sustainable development.
Gbogboto Musa, Director of Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at the ECOWAS Commission, outlined the programme’s objectives. He said the initiative seeks to reach the wider community with information on what ECOWAS is doing through its strategic document, ECOWAS Vision 2050.
Komba Momoh, Head of the ECOWAS National Office in Sierra Leone, outlined key interventions during his presentation. He recalled ECOWAS’s ECOMOG intervention during Sierra Leone’s civil war to restore peace and democracy.
On security, he pointed to the ECOWAS Logistics Depot in Lungi, built to store peacekeeping ammunition and military equipment. He also mentioned the West African Police Information System used by police across the sub-region, and ECOWAS support for forensic labs handling rape and gender-based violence cases.
Momoh further noted the ECOWAS Volunteer Programme, which employs youth and deploys them across member states as teachers, doctors, and in other professions.
The event forms part of ECOWAS efforts to popularise Vision 2050 to the public and foster engagement ahead of its implementation.
