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WAEC Government 2022 Question 45

Question 45

ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States was established with the following aims except to

  1. A.use force to depose unconstitutional regimes
  2. B.improve the living standards of its people
  3. C.contribute to the progress and development of the African continent
  4. D.foster relations among member states
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Answer: A (use force to depose unconstitutional regimes)

Explanation

ECOWAS was set up in 1975 for economic cooperation, not to remove governments by force. (After the 2020s coups it threatened force in Niger, which helped push Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to leave in 2024–25.)