OSPRE Designated as ECOWAS Regional Resilience Hub for West Africa

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formally designated OSPRE Nigeria as the ECOWAS Regional Resilience Hub for West Africa, a landmark recognition that tasks OSPRE with sharing its methodologies, technical infrastructure, and capacity-building expertise across all 15 ECOWAS member states.

The designation, formalised at the ECOWAS Commission headquarters in Abuja, reflects the commission's assessment that OSPRE represents the most advanced integrated crisis prevention and resilience coordination platform on the African continent. The designation carries both a mandate and a responsibility that OSPRE accepts with humility and commitment.

As the Regional Resilience Hub, OSPRE will be expected to host annual West Africa Resilience Symposia, provide technical assistance to member states seeking to establish similar national platforms, develop and maintain a regional early warning data-sharing protocol, and coordinate cross-border crisis response for incidents affecting multiple member states.

The first cohort of capacity-building exchanges under the new designation will see resilience practitioners from Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, and Sierra Leone participate in three-week immersive placements at OSPRE's National Headquarters in Abuja during the second quarter of 2026.

Mrs. Ngozi Ikenna-Williams, OSPRE's Director of International Partnerships, noted that the ECOWAS designation validates a decade of deliberate, evidence-driven institution-building. Nigeria has built something worth sharing, and OSPRE is ready to serve as a genuine resource for the region.