The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was founded when the heads of state and government of fifteen West African nations signed the ECOWAS Treaty on May 28, 1975, in Lagos, Nigeria.

With the claimed goal of fostering regional economic integration, the 15 Heads of State and Government of Benin, Burkina Faso(suspended), Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea(suspended), Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali(suspended), Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sénégal, and Togo signed the Treaty of Lagos.

The headquarters of ECOWAS is in Abuja, Nigeria.

In October 2021, Omar Touray, was unanimously appointed as the new president of the ECOWAS Commission for the period 2022–2026.

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