….takes oath of office for 4 years effective April 2024
Senator Jimoh Ibrahim CFR,
one of the leading governorship aspirants in Ondo State has take the oath of office as member of ECOWAS Parliament.
President of the Senate, Goodswill Akpabio has forwarded the names of the Nigerian Delegation to the President of the ECOWAS Commission and the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is the current Chairman of Authority of Heads of State and Government would inaugurate the 6th ECOWAS Parliament tomorrow.
Therefore, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, the cerebral lawmaker representing Ondo South at the Red Chamber, after his inauguration tomorrow, will be the first Senator from the district to be member of ECOWAS Parliament.
The ECOWAS Parliament is one of the institutions of ECOWAS established by the ECOWAS Treaty of May 28,1975, signed in Lagos, Nigeria.
The treaty was revised in July, 1993 and signed in Abidjan and it is what is currently in use.
ECOWAS Parliament comprises 115 members drawn from the 15-member State of which Nigeria is one.
Nigeria has been allotted out of this number, 35 slots. That is 17 Senators and 18 Honourable members.
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, is the one who transmits the list of the Nigerian Delegation to the President of the ECOWAS Commission and the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament.
Furthermore, the leader of the Nigerian Delegation to the 6th ECOWAS Parliament is the Deputy President of the Senate.
The tenure of office for members is four years beginning from the date of inauguration.
The Chairman of Authority of Heads of State and Government inaugurates the ECOWAS Parliament.
The current Chairman is President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.
