ECOWAS Engages Border Communities on Free Movement Protocol
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ECOWAS engages border communities on Free Movement protocol
The ECOWAS Commission has engaged stakeholders at the Akanu-Noepe Joint Border Post in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta Region and Togo, to sensitise border communities on the ECOWAS Protocol on the Free Movement of Persons, Goods and Services along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor. The engagement, which brought together stakeholders from Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria, focused on deepening public understanding of the free movement protocol …
The free movement of people and goods remains one of the foundations of West African integration. In order to accelerate its implementation on the ground, the ECOWAS Commission launched, on Thursday 13 August 2026, at the juxtaposed post of Noépé-Akanu (located between Togo and Ghana), a high-level dialogue between public authorities, transport actors, traders, freight forwarders and private sector representatives from Benin, Ghana and Togo, on …
In Noépé-Akanu, ECOWAS brought together actors from the Abidjan-Lagos corridor to discuss the obstacles to free movement and cross-border trade. Harmonisation of procedures, digitalisation, joint border crossings, protection of women traders and promotion of Community instruments are at the heart of the way forward to transform this strategic corridor into a real engine of regional integration.
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