Senior lawyer, Femi Falana, warns that
Morocco will harm Nigeria'a economic
prosperity if it joins ECOWAS
- Director general of the NIIA, Fred Agwu,
says Nigeria has the power to block
Morocco from joining ECOWAS
- The federal government of Nigeria has
agreed to pay the sum of N88 billion as
compensation to victims of the 1967-1970
Biafra-Nigeria civil war
Human rights activist, Femi Falana, has
warned that any attempt to allow
Morocco join the Economic Community
of West Africa States (ECOWAS) will be
detrimental to Nigeria’s economic
prosperity.
Falana made the statement on
Thursday, November 9, when speaking
at a one day public hearing put together
by the House of Representatives joint
committees on foreign affairs and
cooperation for Africa integration,
Vanguard reports.
Other stakeholders at the gathering also
objected to Morocco’s bid to join
ECOWAS.
While objecting to the North African
country’s bid to join the bloc, former
director general of the Nigeria institute
of international affairs (NIIA), Bola
Akinterinwa, argued that any attempt to
allow Morocco to join the regional body
will harm the interest on Nigeria.
On his part, the representative of the
director general of NIIA, Fred Agwu,
said Nigeria had the power to block
Morocco from ECOWAS.
The government also said it will
complete the demining and destruction
of abandoned explosives littered around
the southeast, southsouth and north
central region of Nigeria.
In an agreement document signed by
both parties and adopted by the
ECOWAS court as its consent judgement
- two firms RSB Holdings Nigeria
Limited and Deminers Concept Nigeria
Limited were contracted to carry out the
demining process in these regions.
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