Lasun Yusuf, 3 Others Elected As ECOWAS Parliament Deputy Speakers

Yusuf Lasun

The ECOWAS Parliament on Friday elected its deputy speakers from Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Cape Verde in line with the rules of procedures of the parliament.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the election was held during the inaugural session of the fourth legislature of the parliament in Abuja.

The election followed the end of the four-year mandate of the third legislature which ended in August 2015 in line with the provisions of the Supplementary Protocol relating to the Parliament.

The four deputy speakers are: Yusuf Lasun from Nigeria, First Deputy Speaker; Aminata Toungare from Cote d’Ivoire, Second Deputy Speaker.

Others are Jefferson Kanmoh from Liberia third Deputy Speaker while Orlando Pereira Dias from Cape Verde emerged as the Fourth Deputy Speaker.

Addressing newsmen, Lasun promised to bring his wealth of experience in Nigeria’s National Assembly into the ECOWAS Parliament.

“The Nigerian National Assembly is well developed and from my experience, I have come to the conclusion that the Nigerian Parliament is one of the most developed in the world.

“Anyone going from the Nigerian parliament to an international parliament has a lot of impact to make; we know the rules and we know what the parliament seeks to achieve in democracy.

“My own area of specialisation is to make sure that whatever benefits we can get for this parliament is taken back to the Nigerian parliament and impact positively on Nigeria as a country,” he said.