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| Political Challenges Militating Against Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Development in the Sub-Region |
Pedro Okor, Mike Oddih PhD
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Abstract:
ECOWAS is a regional group of fifteen countries that was founded on May 28, 1975 and the treaty was signed in Lagos. It was conceived as a means towards economic cooperation and development intended to lead to the eventual establishment of an economic union in the region. Since the dawn of ECOWAS Member States independence, development has been far from the region, and this has been a major concern hence this paper was set out to examine the political challenges that have affected the general development of the region. The paper utilized the secondary sources of data collection and adopted descriptive method of data analysis. It was discovered from the study that political problems such as political corruption, inept political leadership, external political influence, political ideological differences amongst others have affected the general development of ECOWAS region. It has become obvious that after forty five (45) years of ECOWAS its mission to promote economic development across the region have not been achieved, rather the region is faced with myriad of political challenges. To curbed these menaces, recommendations were made which included, promotion of transparency and access to information, reformation of public administration, the need for exceptional character for ECOWAS leaders, commitment on the part of leaders and so on.
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