The representatives of Nigeria and Ghana to the ECOWASParliament say that West Africa sub-regions need the political will to fightagainst corruption. They stated this in separate interviews at the end ofthe Joint Committee Delocalised meeting of the ECOWAS Parliament atOuagadougou. A member of the House of Representatives fromNigeria, Sadiq Ibrahim said that Nigeria needed to be committed in the fightagainst corruption and look beyond sentiments in dealing with crime cases. According to Ibrahim, Nigerians always associate thefight against corruption to discrimination against certain tribes, religions orpolitical parties, which is not supposed to be so. On his part, a Member of Parliament from Ghana MahamaAyariga said that the most important tool to fight corruption was the politicalwill by those in power and the citizens. He said that the parliament needed toassist the right institutions to fight corruption and make them independent andfree from political manipulation from those in authority.