West African CSOs urge ECOWAS to adopt term limits on tenure elongation

The West Africa Democracy Network (WADEMOS), a transnational network of 35 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from the region, has called on the ECOWAS to adopt term limits, to address tenure elongation in West Africa.

The call comes ahead of ECOWAS Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government scheduled to hold in Abuja on 10 December.

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the call was made at a roundtable on civic mobilisation campaign initiated by WADEMOS, in collaboration with the International Citizens Movement Tournons La Page (TLP) in Abuja.