Business News of Monday, 18 November 2019Source: Ghananewsagency.orgECOWAS Free Movement Protocol: Awareness level on the down sideTraders are bemoaning the non-adherence of member states to the Free Movement ProtocolSome travellers and traders who ply Aflao-Togo-Benin-Nigeria-Ivory Coast ECOWAS road corridors have complained of harassment and distortion by some border officials along these corridors. "We are ECOWAS citizens and according to the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol, every citizen should have free movement across the borders of the member states"." The border visit formed part of the Foundation’s project on a small-scale co-funding opportunity for the implementation of actions aimed at improving the effective implementation of the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocols in the country. Mr Seth Wupa, a businessman, said issues of one having valid travel documents including passports or national identity cards or not, did not matter within the corridor. The ECOWAS Free Movement Protocol was adopted in 1979 to promote the Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence and Establishment in the ECOWAS region and thus aimed at promoting cooperation and integration of the ECOWAS countries.

Source: GhanaWeb November 18, 2019 22:41 UTC