The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has appealed to the Federal
Government and the National Assembly not to vote for the admission
of Morocco into Economic Community of West African States,
ECOWAS.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the
Organisation of Trade Unions of West Africa, OTUWA, Workshop held
in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation,
ILO.
The Kingdom of Morocco had applied to join the ECOWAS.
The application is currently being considered by the member
states and the relevant council of ECOWAS.
The theme of the two-day workshop is “Rebuilding and
Consolidating OTUWA and the Challenges of Implementing its 5years
Strategic Plan’’.
Mr. Wabba said; “We can’t find a clause permitting a
geographically non-West African State to become a member of the
organisation.
“Our concern in the NLC is that Morocco has a record of
quarrelling with its neighbours and even the entire continent.
“That’s why it stayed away from the Organisation of African
Union (OAU), later AU, for over 30 years.
“Similarly, we cannot be hobnobbing with a monarchy which is
against the wish of the international community, the UN and the AU.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has appealed to the Federal
Government and the National Assembly not to vote for the admission
of Morocco into Economic Community of West African States,
ECOWAS.
Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the
Organisation of Trade Unions of West Africa, OTUWA, Workshop held
in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation,
ILO.
The Kingdom of Morocco had applied to join the ECOWAS.
The application is currently being considered by the member
states and the relevant council of ECOWAS.
The theme of the two-day workshop is “Rebuilding and
Consolidating OTUWA and the Challenges of Implementing its 5years
Strategic Plan’’.
Mr. Wabba said; “We can’t find a clause permitting a
geographically non-West African State to become a member of the
organisation.
“Our concern in the NLC is that Morocco has a record of
quarrelling with its neighbours and even the entire continent.
“That’s why it stayed away from the Organisation of African
Union (OAU), later AU, for over 30 years.
“Similarly, we cannot be hobnobbing with a monarchy which is
against the wish of the international community, the UN and the AU.
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