Members of
the Committee of Retired Diplomats have said they would mobilise Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to begin
protest against
inclusion of Morocco in ECOWAS.
President of
Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA), Prof. Shuaibu A. Ibrahim, who
made the assertion at a policy debate in Abuja, said their position against the
country’s proposal to join West Africa regional assembly still stands.
He noted
that Morocco had many bilateral relations with almost 15 countries in the
sub-region, “but its permission and recognition would not be healthy for ECOWAS
and others.”
Ibrahim, who
stated that the country should continue to maintain its observer status, said:
“Each country’s parliaments would have to agree before its entry and our
thinking should be individuality interest in approach.
“Can America
accept Nigeria in its regional organisations? This means there is a failure in
our foreign policy as far as the proposal is concerned. We are going to take
legal action against ECOWAS.”
In the same
vein, Ambassador Mohammed K. Ibrahim said the debate was a failure to our
policy because three former foreign ministers had postulated that it was no
issue, and it was supposed to have been nipped in the bud.
According to
him, out of 10 Nigerians who spoke on Morocco issue, nine said ‘no’ to the move
or throw the proposal away, adding, we would be in forefront to protest so as
to avert ECOWAS crisis in future.
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