ECOWAS standby force requires $2.6bn for takeoff — Touray

Dailynigerian | 31-08-2025 02:33am |

President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, has said that the regional bloc requires approximately 2.61 billion dollars to operationalise its proposed 5,000-strong ECOWAS Standby Force, ESF. Touray disclosed this during a joint meeting of ECOWAS Ministers of Finance and Defence held on Friday in Abuja. The meeting aimed to finalise the modalities for

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