ECOWAS STRENGTHENS NIGERIA’S CAPACITY ON ENHANCING PHYSICAL SECURITY AND STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT OF STATE-HELD WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION

Pursuant to the continued implementation of the ECOWAS Roadmap on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM), the Directorate of Peacekeeping and Regional Security, in collaboration with the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC), Germany, and the Nigerian National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NNSALW) conducted a five-day In-country Training on Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) for national security personnel in Nigeria.

The training, held from 7 to 11 September 2026 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria underscores ECOWAS’s continued commitment to preventing the diversion, theft, loss and illicit proliferation of weapons and ammunition; improving the security and accountability of state-held stockpiles as well as preventing unintended explosions in Member States.