Have you seen the gavel in action during a plenary session? Do you know its purpose? The gavel is a ceremonial tool symbolizing the speaker's authority. In the ECOWAS Parliament, the Speaker uses it to open and close sessions, maintain order, signal votes, and adopt decisions.

Sights and scenes at the Opening Ceremony of the Delocalised Meeting of the Joint Committees of Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources/Energy and Mines/ Infrastructure, taking place at Winneba, the Republic of Ghana. The event holds from July 29th to August 3rd, 2024.

Photo slides: highlights of the Joint Committee's visit to Accra Compost and Recycling Plant, as part of their meeting held at Winneba, Ghana, on the theme Plastic Waste Management: Addressing Challenges and Exploring Community Policy Implementation Prospects.

Photo Slides: Highlights from the Closing Session of the Delocalised Meeting of the Joint Committees in Winneba, Ghana. The event addressed Plastic Waste Management challenges and community policy implementation prospects from July 29th to August 3rd, 2024.

Photo Ops from the Opening Ceremony of the Delocalised Meeting of the Joint Committees of Administration, Finance and Budget/ Public Accounts/ Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research taking place at Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The event holds from August 12 to August 16 2024.

Ecowas Parliament Joint Committees Meeting on NTA News. #ECOWASParliament #JointCommitteeMeeting #AbidjanEvent #CommunityBudget #BudgetMonitoring #FinanceAndBudget #PublicAccounts #MacroeconomicPolicy #EconomicResearch #RegionalDevelopment #CôteDIvoire #NTANews

ECOWAS Parliament Meeting in the Media. Réunion du Parlement de la CEDEAO dans les médias. #ECOWASParliament #JointCommitteeMeeting #AbidjanEvent #CommunityBudget #BudgetMonitoring #FinanceAndBudget #PublicAccounts #MacroeconomicPolicy #EconomicResearch #RegionalDevelopment

ECOWAS Parliament Meeting in the Media. Réunion du Parlement de la CEDEAO dans les médias. #ECOWASParliament #JointCommitteeMeeting #AbidjanEvent #CommunityBudget #BudgetMonitoring #FinanceAndBudget #PublicAccounts #MacroeconomicPolicy #EconomicResearch #RegionalDevelopment

En marge de la réunion délocalisée du Parlement de la CEDEAO, le Président de l'Assemblée nationale de Côte d’Ivoire, l'Hon. Adama Bictogo, a accordé une audience à la Présidente du Parlement de la CEDEAO, Rt. Hon. Hadja Mémounatou Ibrahima à Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Audience of the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament with the Ivorian Prime Minister. Audience de la Présidente du Parlement de la CEDEAO avec le Premier ministre ivoirien.

Pictures from the Closing of the Delocalised Meeting of the Joint Committee on Administration, Finance and Budget/ Public Accounts/ Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Research of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Photos- from the Opening Ceremony of the Delocalised Meeting of the Joint Committees holding in Banjul, The Gambia, from August 26 to August 30, 2024. #JointCommitteeMeeting #ECOWASProtocol #BanjulGathering #ParliamentaryRole #DelocalisedMeeting #TradeAndCustoms

The Opening Ceremony of the Delocalised Meeting of the Joint Committees on Health/Education, Science and Culture/ Telecommunications and Information technology/ Industry and Private sector of the ECOWAS Parliament, was held on Tuesday 03 September 2024 in Conakry, Guinea.

Statement by the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament after her audience with the Speaker of the National Transitional Council of Guinea. Déclaration de la Présidente du Parlement de la CEDEAO après son audience avec le Président du Conseil National de la Transition de la Guinée.

On the sidelines of the delocalized meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament, the Speaker of the National Transitional Council of Guinea, Hon. Dr. Dansa Kourouma, granted an audience to the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hon. Hadja Mémounatou Ibrahima, on Tuesday 03 September, 2024.

Statement by the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament after her audience with the Prime minister of Guinea. Déclaration de la Présidente du Parlement de la CEDEAO après son audience avec le Premier ministre guinéen. #ECOWASParliament #WestAfricaHealth #EducationInWestAfrica

On the sidelines of the delocalized meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament, the Prime minister of Guinea, H.E. Amadou Oury Bah, granted an audience to the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hon. Hadja Mémounatou Ibrahima, on Wednesday, 04 September 2024 in Conakry, Capital of Guinea.

Les députés de la Commission mixte Santé / Education, Science et Culture/ Télécommunications et Technologie de l’information / Industrie et Secteur privé du Parlement de la CEDEAO, en réunion à Conakry, ont visité des structures sanitaires, à Conakry, la capitale de la Guinée.

The Joint Committees on Health/Education, Science and Culture/ Telecommunications and Information technology/ Industry and Private sector of the ECOWAS Parliament, meeting in Conakry (Guinea) concluded its work on Friday 06 September 2024.

“The fact that this delocalised meeting is being held in the Republic of Guinea gives me the opportunity to draw to our collective attention to the need to improve health policies in the ECOWAS region..." Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Rt. Hon. Hadja Mémounatou Ibrahima