Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has reassured the readiness and determination of the military to ensure that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is fully secured.

Musa, who is the Chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Defence of ECOWAS, gave the assurance at the closing of the 43rd Ordinary Meeting of the committee on Thursday in Abuja.

He said the 3-Day meeting had been geared towards promoting regional security cooperation within the ECOWAS region and forging common fronts in addressing their security challenges.

According to him, deliberations have been sincere and forthright, with our collective security being accorded the desired priority.

“In the course of our deliberations, we identified critical vulnerabilities to regional security and demonstrated our firm resolve towards addressing these threats.

“As expected, there were areas of concern between members, but more importantly, there was firm resolve on the need for collective action.

“This is the spirit of this gathering, which is firmly rooted in a resolute commitment to meeting our primary obligation as members of the armed and defence forces of our respective countries, which is to defend and protect our peoples from harm and insecurities,” he said.

Musa said the committee deliberated over critical security concerns in the West African subregion.

Some of these areas, according to him, include the review of pledges for the ECOWAS Standby Force, consideration of pledges for ECOWAS Counter-terrorist Brigade and the rotation of staff officers of peace support operation divisions and ECOWAS Standby Force.

Others, he added, were the presentation on the outcome of the Governmental Experts Meeting on the ECOWAS Logistics Concept and Standing Operating Procedures for ECOWAS Logistics Depot in Lungi, Sierra Leone.

Musa said the meeting also provided an opportunity to review the report of the last ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Naval Staff Meeting.
According to him, a presentation was made on the standardisation of the Table of Equipment for ECOWAS Standby Force.




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