The meeting of theEconomic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs ofDefence Staff ended with a call on member states to strengthen collaborationsand partnerships to ensure peace and security in the region. Speaking at the end ofthe meeting in Abuja, the Chairman of the committee, General Abayomi Olonisakinwho made the call said that peace and security in the region could help memberstates to achieve the Vision 2020. He recalled that thesecurity challenges faced in the region were worrisome and a great danger forour collective security. Olonisakin said thatexperience had shown that political disturbances in member states had thecapacity to destabilise the region with associated humanitarian consequences. He further said thatsome of the security threats were transnational in nature requiringmultinational cooperation and collaboration to effectively tackle.