{"id":61995,"date":"2025-03-03T04:54:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T04:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=61995"},"modified":"2025-03-03T04:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T04:54:53","slug":"ecowas-must-remain-a-model-of-integration-touray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/03\/ecowas-must-remain-a-model-of-integration-touray\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS Must Remain a Model of Integration \u2013Touray"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, has urged the subregional bloc to uphold its reputation as a model of regional integration in Africa, despite its ongoing challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a retirement ceremony for ECOWAS staff in Abuja, Touray highlighted the organization\u2019s achievements in free movement, intra-regional trade, power supply, and infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p>He credited these successes to the dedication of its workforce, including those retiring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have come a long way, and I believe we can continue to keep ECOWAS as a beacon of integration on the continent,\u201d Touray stated.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged that financial constraints had once hindered progress but noted that ECOWAS leaders had taken steps to address these issues.<\/p>\n<p>While recognizing the challenges facing the community, Touray called for a broader perspective, stressing that regional issues reflect global realities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese challenges are surmountable, and I am confident that, together, we can overcome them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Touray\u2019s remarks underscored the importance of unity and resilience in ensuring ECOWAS remains a driving force for regional development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, has urged the subregional bloc to uphold its reputation as a model of regional integration in Africa, despite its ongoing challenges. Speaking at a retirement ceremony for ECOWAS staff in Abuja, Touray highlighted the organization\u2019s achievements in free movement, intra-regional trade, power supply, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":61996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-61995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61997,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61995\/revisions\/61997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}