Nigeria spearheaded the formation of ECOWAS during the regime of

The Economics Community of West African States (ECOWAS) emanated from a bilateral meeting between Nigeria and Togo under the leadership of General Yakubu Gown and General Gnasingbe Eyadema respectively. This very meeting resulted in trade agreements between the two countries in 1972. In 1973, the Council of Ministers of the defunct Economic Integration. This noble idea of the Council of Ministers of defunct O.A.U later metamorphosed into the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The ECOWAS treaty was signed in Lagos on May 28, 1975 by fifteen West African States.