Nigeria urges AU, ECOWAS to mitigate regional conflicts
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, Amb. Musa Nuhu, has called on the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to harmonise strategies towards mitigating regional conflicts.
Amb. Nuhu made this known at the maiden joint consultation meeting yesterday between the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) and ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council (MSC) in Abuja.
The Chairman, ECOWAS MSC, described the meeting as a key turning point in Africa’s collective pursuit of peace and prosperity, stressing that “for long, the continent had struggled with security challenges that brought untold hardship to its people.”
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“From terrorism and violent extremism to unconstitutional changes of government, these challenges demand a unified response that goes beyond our national boundaries and requires collective efforts.
“Therefore, these joint consultative engagements between the AU and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) serve as an important platform for forging such a collective response to mitigate these challenges.
“This is in tandem with the tenets of Article 16 of the PSC Protocol, to harmonise the activities of Regional Mechanisms towards promoting peace, security and stability in Africa,” he said.