Nigeria's Deputy Senate President and speaker, Parliament of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has commended the Federal Government's effort on the successful fight against terrorism in Nigeria and West Africa as a whole.
Ekweremadu who gave the commendation at the opening of the 2013 Second Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja, on Monday said, "The success of the subsisting state of emergency in some parts of the country has left no one in doubt that Nigeria does not have even the minutest space or any iota of tolerance for terrorism and insurgence.
"It has demonstrated that Nigeria has enough firepower to sack the merchants of terror as well as the profound compassion to forgive those who truly repent and turn away from wilful destruction of lives and property."
He said the country's progress in the war against terrorism was particularly important to the sub-region, given its highly strategic position as a key player in the integration project and a pivot of political, social, and economic development in the sub-region.
Ekweremadu called on the remnants of the insurgents to make haste to denounce terrorism and extremism in order to facilitate the efforts of the Federal Government through the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Conflicts in Northern Nigeria.
He urged those responsible for the insurgence to lay down their arms to be able to qualify for the magnanimous amnesty that might accrue from the work of the committee, noting that only peace and stability could guarantee true development in Nigeria and entire sub-region.
He pledged the support of ECOWAS Parliament to every legitimate and well-conceived effort to promote peace and stability in the West Africa.
Ekweremadu congratulated the government and people of Mali as well as ECOWAS for the resounding democratic progress registered in Mali through the peaceful, free, fair, and credible election in the West African nation.
He noted that it was a huge leap for democracy, peace, stability, security, and development for Mali, in particular, and the sub-region in general.
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