ECOWAS commits 1.5m dollars to boost cross border security

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it will commit 1.5 million U.S. dollars to infrastructure development in cross border areas in the region.

ECOWAS’s Director of Agricultural Development, Mr Alain Traore stated this during the validation workshop on holistic cross border cooperation document for trio border regions, on Monday in Birnin Kebbi.

The regions are: Kebbi State (Nigeria), Dossou Region (Niger Republic), and Alibori Department (Benin Republic).