Ecowas to offer financial assistance to curtail terrorism

Ecowas headquarter

The Economic Community of West African State Court of Justice, has same it'd not remain the sidelines within the battle against terrorist act within the sub-region.

It offered to help member-states to curb terrorist act finance and concealing inside the reach of the powers given on that.

The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, His Lordship, Justice Doctor of the Church Traore, same this throughout the gap ceremony of the 2016/17 legal year on Friday in Abuja.

He delineate terrorist act and concealing because the twin manifestation of a scourge-one of that plunges the individuals into sorrow and mourning whereas the opposite chow away at the health of already weakened economies.

Traore explained that the court was involved concerning the adverse impact of terrorist act finance and concealing on the ECOWAS region, thence its call to ask the Director-General of the Inter-Governmental Action cluster Against concealing in geographical area, Col. Adama Coulibaly, to gift a lecture with the theme, “The role of ECOWAS Community Court of Justice within the fight against concealing and finance of terrorist act inside the West African sub-region-a perspective from GIABA.”

The ECOWAS Court President same, “This double-headed scourge  (of terrorist act finance and cash laundering) should be combated in any respect price and also the Community Court of Justice, in its capability because the principal legal organ of the ECOWAS, cannot stay on the sidelines of this battle that is being fought most over the globe and notably inside our ECOWAS area, for pretty much 20 years currently.

“The court therefore means that to supply in resolute terms the required help to ECOWAS and to its member-states within the efforts being created towards the hindrance and containment of those crimes.”

Coulibaly in his lecture same the effective management of cash lavation and terrorist act finance needed that the rule of law be maintained and also the principle of independence of the judiciary ought to be revered.

These, he said, could also be achieved through the appointment of judicial officers on benefit, absence of political interference within the exercise of judicial functions and security of tenure of workplace of judges.