ECOWAS commission moves to check arms’ proliferation
National Commissions on Small Arms of the Economic Community of West
African States (ECOWAS) met on Wednesday in Calabar, Cross River State,
to device ways of checking proliferation of small arms and light
weapons.
The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, ECOWAS
Commission, Mrs. Salamatu Hussaina Suleiman, said although member states
were experiencing growth in their collective efforts at combating the
menace of small arms in their countries,
proliferation of arms remain a
major challenge in the sub-region as demonstrated in the Sahel and in
Northern Nigeria.
Suleiman said, “The porosity of our borders allows easy accessibility
of dangerous military style weapons to non state actors. The case of
the Sahel and Northern Nigeria in particular, revealed the deficiency in
the enforcement capacity of the security, a situation being exploited
by criminals to kill, maim and damage properties in our communities.
“This trend must be stopped by limiting state arms acquisition and
continuous advocacy with the International Community in order to
effectively control arms transfers around the world.
“While ECOWAS Commission acknowledges the efforts at national level
in the fight against small arms proliferation in the region, more still
needs to be done by our governments given the dynamics of the
challenges.”
The Chairman of Nigeria’s Presidential Committee on Small Arms and
Light Weapons, Mr. Emmanuel Imohe, said the proliferation of small arms
and light weapons in West Africa is a hydra headed monster that must be
resolved as quickly as possible.
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