From September 27 to October 8, ECOWAS parliamentarians will meet in Lomé for their second extraordinary session of the year 2022. Well before, a study of the draft has been made.

With the intention of better preparing the second ECOWAS budget session, an ad-hoc committee has been set up. It was chaired by the Honourable Mémounatou Ibrahima, 3rd Vice-President of the ECOWAS Parliament and 2nd Vice-President of the National Assembly, to study the draft budget.It was chaired by the Honourable Mémounatou Ibrahima, 3rd Vice-President of the ECOWAS Parliament and 2nd Vice-President of the National Assembly, in order to study the draft budget of the ECOWAS Parliament for the year 2023 which will be submitted to the plenary for consideration and adoption. The meeting took place on Wednesday 21 September 2022 at the headquarters of EBID in Lomé.

The work done by the Ad-hoc Committee has paved the way for the budget session of the ECOWAS Parliament which will be preceded by a seminar for parliamentarians of the sub-regional institution. According to Hon. Mémounatou Ibrahima, "This exercise is in accordance with Articles 33 and 34 of the Rules of Procedure of the Fifth Legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament.Parliament of ECOWAS, which give the ad hoc Committee the responsibility of preparing the preliminary draft budget of the Parliament".