Nigeria-ECOWAS Court-Retreat July 03, 2021 to 19:56 107 APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Friday, July 2, 2021 concluded its first non-judicial activity since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, which forced the Court to suspend such activities in compliance with the protocols for coping with the pandemic and deploy virtual technology in order to continue holding court sessions. “Hopefully, this should constitute a milestone in the effort to restore the non-judicial activities of the Court, which was significantly affected by the pandemic mainly its stakeholder engagements, including sensitization, international conferences and external court sessions,” the President of the Court, Justice Edward Amoako Asante, said at the opening of the activity, its annual administration and budget retreat.