Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, and the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, were among other lawmakers inaugurated as members of the sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS parliament.
According to a report by Leadership Newspaper, the inauguration, which took place on Thursday at the International Conference Centre (ICC) Abuja, was graced by President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, representatives of parliamentarians of other ECOWAS countries, diplomats and top government officials.
The lawmakers were inaugurated into the sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS parliament by President Tinubu, who doubles as the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government.
Senators Barau, Natasha, and other newly elected representatives for the sixth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament took their oath during the opening session.
The ECOWAS Parliament is one of the institutions of ECOWAS established by the ECOWAS Treaty of May 28, 1975, signed in Lagos, Nigeria.