The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has called on ECOWAS member states to fully implement the union’s protocol on free movement of persons and goods.

Geoffrey Onyeama While Speaking at the opening of a two day retreat of the ECOWAS Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) jointly organised by the ECOWAS Commission and the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to ECOWAS decried the lack of full implementation of ECOWAS Protocols

He urged the Ambassadors to do more in convincing their respective governments to ratify some of the key pending protocols and agreements as well as domesticating them.

The Minister also commended the Chairman of the Permanent Representatives Committee –Ambassador Babatunde Nurudeeen for taking the initiative of bringing together the Permanent Representatives of accredited member States.

The two-day retreat is on the theme: “The Permanent Representatives Committee as a Catalyst for Implementing the Development, Regional Integration and Post Vision 2020 Programmes of ECOWAS.