The equipment, worth one point two million Euros, consist of eighteen items,a Barrett long range telecommunications device including nautical and marine radio facilities, satellite communication radio, computers, monitors and voltage regulators, a Mast as well as minibus and their accessories.
The MMCC will help among others, to promote cooperation among Member States’ Navies and maritime law enforcement agencies and augmenting marine capabilities among naval forces in order to protect their exclusive economic zones, EEZs.
At the handing over ceremony, the ECOWAS Commission’s Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security
Gen. Francis Behanzin lamented that the maritime domain which is the backbone of West African economies has been severely threatened.
This, he said has resulted in huge loses of revenues in billions of dollars to coastal countries in the region in addition to hampering the gateway to global markets for exports, imports and other trade facilitation to landlocked economies.
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