Deputy foreign affairs minister Bianca Ojukwu made the appeal at the opening of the 2026 First Extraordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament and Seminar on Monday in Abuja.
ECOWAS president Omar Touray says the bloc recorded 4.6 per cent economic growth in 2025 despite global economic challenges and envisages 5 per cent growth in 2026.
The Economic Community of West African States has mourned Nigeria’s former President Muhammadu Buhari, who died on Sunday in London.
“Why do we have multiple customs and immigration posts for the same corridor?” said the ECOWAS president.
