This was a very popular question and answered by almost all the candidates. Unfortunately, many dwelt on the importance of ECOWAS and not on the contributions of Nigeria to the ECOWAS. The performance was above average. The candidates were expected to outline the following contributions:

(i) Nigeria has been able to contribute towards the annual budget of the ECOWAS;
(ii) Nigeria has supplied petroleum products to some ECOWAS countries at concessionary prices e.g. Senegal, Ghana and Sierra Leone;
(iii) Nigeria has provided military training facilities at the Defense Academy to students from member states;
(iv) on several occasions Nigeria has written off debts of member countries arising from under lifting Nigeria's crude oil to those countries;
(v) to facilitate commerce and trade, Nigeria has undertaken the construction of roads linking up member states e.g. Lagos - Contonou highway;
(vi) Nigeria on July 1986 donated a substantial amount to be used for the construction of a permanent secretariat headquarters in Abuja;
(vii) Nigeria has provided personnel to the ECOWAS secretariat;
(viii) Nigeria has regularly attended ECOWAS Summits and Heads of government meetings;
(ix) Nigeria participated in ECOWAS sports and cultural activities, etc.