The ECOWAS Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs, Prof Fatou Sow Sarr, has said the issue of “sexual orientation” is a political manipulation of the West. Prof Sow Sarr stated this during an interactive session with ECOWAS Commissioners on the implementation of the programmes of their departments at the ongoing 2024 Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament on Friday in Abuja. Sexual orientation is defined by Britannica as the enduring pattern of an individual’s emotional, sexual, and/or romantic attraction. Sexual orientation is often divided into three components – attraction, behaviour, and self-identification. There are myriad ways to describe sexual orientation, but the most common include heterosexual, being attracted to the opposite gender; homosexual, being attracted to the same gender; and bisexual, being attracted to more than one gender.