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... Following the success of national independence struggles across Africa, most independent States embraced regional economic and political integration as a major component of their development strategies.1 Regional integration has been underscored by the need to facilitate political cooperation and economic objectives such as free trade, and the development of common markets. Consequently, the quest for regional integration has led to the establishment of several regional inter-governmental organizations across the five geographical sub-regions that constitute the African continent (South Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, and West Africa). One of such regional intergovernmental organization is the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which operates in the West Africa sub-region. The ECOWAS was established by the Treaty of Lagos on 28 May, 1975. Its aims include promoting regional cooperation and integration initiatives that will lead to the establishment of an economic union in West Africa, and also enhancing economic stability and fostering relations amongst Member States.2 The ECOWAS currently comprises of 15 sovereign West African States, namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mail, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.3
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