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The President of the Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice, Justice Edward Asante, has on Tuesday bemoaned the increment in both administrative and operationak costs levied on the community court.
He spoke at the 16th administrative and budget retreat in Nasarawa State.
Justice Asante stressed the financial challenges facing the ECOWAS Court and urged against overburdening its.
He said, “We must all know that the community is now financially weak and, therefore, we do not have to overburden the community itself,” he noted.
He reaffirmed the court commitment to its mandate, stating, “We still have to do our programmes to let the people know that the court is also performing its function.
“We have to be able to put our heads together to come up with the best budget which, when presented to the Administration and Finance Committee and the Council of Ministers, will look at it as a very good budget and approve it for us.”
The retreat, he said, aimed to facilitate thoughtful discussions, open dialogues, and constructive debates among attendees, leveraging their collective wisdom and diverse perspectives.
The annual administrative and budget retreat was attended by the vice president, judges, directors, and relevant staff of the court.
