President Bola Tinubu has said the opening of the new headquarters of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, in Abuja will renew the commitment to regional integration, peace, industrialization and shared prosperity across West Africa.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha on Thursday.
Tinubu called the new building a symbol of renewal, of resilience, and of confidence in the future of ECOWAS and urged a shift from regional market to regional production base.
Speaking at the commissioning of the new edifice on Thursday in Abuja, President Tinubu who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said the new ECOWAS complex, described as the “Eye of Africa,” is a symbol of the region’s collective resolve to preserve the ideals that inspired the founding of the community more than five decades ago.
“Today marks not only the inauguration of an impressive landmark, but the renewal of a covenant, our covenant with the ideals of regional integration, solidarity and shared prosperity,” the President said.
President Tinubu said ECOWAS has remained one of the most respected regional economic communities in the world, with major progress in peace-building, democratic governance, economic cooperation, and the free movement of people, goods and services.
However, he warned that the region must not ignore the serious challenges still confronting it, including terrorism, violent extremism, economic vulnerability, food insecurity, climate change, public health concerns and the expectations of a growing youthful population.
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