Thereafter leaders of the region, as members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), decided to work more coherently in addressing the region’s political and economic related problems. “We have seen some violations of either treaties or other protocols on the importation of arms on many occasions, and we at ECOWAS were not happy with these violations,” he said. “Therefore, the focal persons need to get a better understanding of the exemption procedure, and ECOWAS is doing this in collaboration. “It was against this backdrop that we thought of organizing this event aimed at training the focal persons from member states here. The training brought together scores of participants, known as focal persons, from relevant ministries and agencies of government.

Source: Daily Observer November 23, 2017 02:26 UTC