The depot represents a major investment in regional preparedness, peace support operations, humanitarian assistance, and emergency response, while further strengthening Sierra Leone’s role in advancing regional security and integration.
President Bio described the facility as a strategic regional asset that reflects ECOWAS’ confidence in Sierra Leone’s stability, strategic location, and commitment to regional cooperation.
Posting on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, the ECOWAS Chairman stated:
“With great pride in Sierra Leone’s achievements and confidence in our community’s future, my brothers, Heads of State from The Gambia, Senegal, and Cabo Verde, and I had the honour of commissioning the Julius Maada Bio International Conference Centre and the ECOWAS Logistics Depot in Lungi.
We have enhanced ECOWAS’ capacities and reaffirmed our shared belief that collective effort leads to shared success.”
The commissioning of the depot marks a significant milestone in ECOWAS’ efforts to improve regional logistics, emergency response capabilities, and collective security across West Africa.