The Federal Government has paid US$100,324,011.33 to the Economic Community of West Africa, ECOWAS, as community levy for this year alone.
The Nigerian delegation to the ongoing Second Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Parliament disclosed this in the presentation of Nigeria country report.
Leader of the delegation and deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Idris Wase, said Nigeria had so far this year, remitted $100,324,011.33 to the ECOWAS Commission.
He added that the government was committed to fulfilling its financial obligations to ECOWAS and was making arrangements to pay up the balance for the year.
He said: “Nigeria’s commitment to the ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and Goods is completely unwavering. In a bid to gain full realization of the protocol, the Federal Government has introduced the Visa on Arrival, VoA, policy to expedite movement of ECOWAS members through Nigeria’s borders.
