Mr Touray stated this in the 2023 Annual State of the Community Report he presented to the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja.
Mr Scholz said the move came when ECOWAS tried to restore stability to West Africa following six coups since 2020.
He added that the revised MoU included new areas of collaboration that had emerged since the initial MoU between the two institutions in 2001.
Mr Abubakar, accompanied by the president of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray, said the bloc would continue to explore all options.
ECOWAS, backed by the U.S. and other Western allies, has threatened fire and brimstone to invade Niger.
The Arewa Consultative Forum has warned the Economic Community of West African States against using force to oust the Republic of Niger putschists.
Military chiefs across West Africa met Wednesday at the Nigerian Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
The resolutions, among several others, resulted from a special meeting held on Sunday by ECOWAS member states in Abuja, Nigeria.
He said the authority agreed that military action would be taken against the military junta of the Niger Republic if they failed to restore President Bazoum within one week.
According to Mr Touray, about 6.2 million people in West Africa are internally displaced.
