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Chapter One of Ecowas Protocol on Free Movement and Trans Border Security (Nigeria and Benin Republic)
Abstract of Ecowas Protocol on Free Movement and Trans Border Security (Nigeria and Benin Republic)
The study examined ECOWAS protocol on free movement and trans border security within Nigeria and Benin republic boarder.
The study employed the survey design and the purposive sampling technique to select 450 staff across management, senior and junior level. A well-constructed questionnaire, which was adjudged valid and reliable, was used for collection of data from the respondents. The data obtained through the administration of the questionnaires was analyzed using the Pearson correlation analysis.
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The results showed that there is positive and significant relationship that there is positive and significant relationship between Ecowas protocol on free movement and the trans border security (r=0.772; p<0.05).
The study concluded that Ecowas protocol on free movement has enhanced and improved the trans border security within Nigeria and Benin republic.
The study suggested that; All member states must work assiduously to reduce the activities of transborder criminal elements so as to encourage member states to open up their borders more freely to community citizens on legitimate grounds; Deepening of internal democracy within ECOWAS member states so as to imbue in their security agencies greater respect for people’s rights and freedoms; The adoption of the principle of supranationality in the conduct of the affairs of ECOWAS and its elevation from an ECOWAS of states to an ECOWAS of peoples; The assigning of greater role to civil society in the conduct of the affairs of ECOWAS.
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