"The current global food crisis which has sparked grave unrest ... and a situation where the people's basic needs are not met, has attracted the attention of ECOWAS and the Pan African parliamentarians. In a recent meeting in Abuja, they resolved to fight crisis. The first ordinary session of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament for 2008 ended in Abuja last weekend with a call for an "offensive" to be launched against food insecurity in the region." (Quoted from article)