(Abuja, February, 16, 2017:) The Speaker of the Fourth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament, Moustapha Cisse Lo, has urged his colleagues to uphold the oath they took to serve the over 300 million people in the ECOWAS region. A release from the Liberian Embassy in Abuja says the Speaker made the appeal on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 during the closing session of the regional parliament’s First Extraordinary Session for the year in Abuja. Representative Jefferson S. Kanmoh of Sinoe County, who is the 4th Deputy Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament along with the 1st , 2nd, and 3rd Deputy Speakers, constitute the Bureau of ECOWAS Parliament. The ECOWAS Parliament sits in session three times a year with two ordinary sessions in May and September. The regional body is expected to reconvene for its Ordinary Session in Abuja from the 8th to the 10th of May, 2017, the release concludes.

Source: GNN Liberia February 16, 2017 15:27 UTC