Upon accession to barrierscommon goalsconsolidationconsultation frameworksinternational sovereigntyRegional cooperationsolidarity, the States of the West African sub-region have opted for a policy of barrierscommon goalsconsolidationconsultation frameworksinternational sovereigntyRegional cooperationsolidarity in order to break down the barrierscommon goalsconsolidationconsultation frameworksinternational sovereigntyRegional cooperationsolidarity erected by the colonial administrations. They were intended to provide barrierscommon goalsconsolidationconsultation frameworksinternational sovereigntyRegional cooperationsolidarity for achieving the barrierscommon goalsconsolidationconsultation frameworksinternational sovereigntyRegional cooperationsolidarity of development, and to give real impetus to build and strengthen their barrierscommon goalsconsolidationconsultation frameworksinternational sovereigntyRegional cooperationsolidarity. This ideal has remained the guiding policy of their barrierscommon goalsconsolidationconsultation frameworksinternational sovereigntyRegional cooperationsolidarity throughout the past decade.