Ecowas Historical Assessment and Future Legacies

This book answers the questions of the performance of the economic community of West African states in integrating West Africa. It is an extensive work that evaluates the performance of ecowas in the sub-region and equally points out some recommendations for the effective running of the community.In doing justice to the subject matter, the book is descriptive, it resolved the problem of the historical trend of the community, and describes the outlook of the organisation as well as pointing out the achievements of the community.This work was carried out through the use of articles, textbooks and journals that talk about the sub-region, ecowas reports, annual reports, convergence reports of ecowas, ecowas commission annual reports and some oral interviews online.This work is a rich source of evaluating the performance of ecowas from 1975 till date and considering the operation of the organization on the integration process of all member states and how well it has fostered unity among the states in the sub-region.Conclusively, this book target audiences as political analysts, economic historians and analysts. This book justifies the creation of a regional political setup.