Tag: ECOWAS

Attention ECOWAS, AU, UN – Migration is Now BIG Issue For African Countries…
October 13, 2021 No Responses

Attention ECOWAS, AU, UN – Migration is Now BIG Issue For African Countries…

Migration: Stakeholders in the West African sub-region on Tuesday, met to review the priorities on ensuring safe, orderly, and regular migration as enshrined in the Global Compact for Migration (GCM). Representatives from the International Organisation (IOM), African Union (AU), and...
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Posting Graduates to Foreign Countries to Serve May Begin – NYSC
April 16, 2021 No Responses

Posting Graduates to Foreign Countries to Serve May Begin – NYSC

Nigeria may begin the deployment of graduate youths outside the shores of the country as part of new plans to broaden its one year mandatory scheme for National Youth Service Corps members, this NewswatchNigeria has learnt. NewswatchNigeria can report that...
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Pantami, Danbatta for West African Telecoms Regulators AGM
March 9, 2021 No Responses

Pantami, Danbatta for West African Telecoms Regulators AGM

The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, are set for this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the...
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ECOWAS Presidents Endorse Nigeria’s Adesina for Second Term as President of African Bank
December 23, 2019 No Responses

ECOWAS Presidents Endorse Nigeria’s Adesina for Second Term as President of African Bank

The Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Governments have adopted the candidacy of Dr Akinwumi Adesina, for a second term as President of the African Development Bank. This was made known in the final communiqué read by Mr...
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62m Nigerians lack potable water, says European Union
June 26, 2019 No Responses

62m Nigerians lack potable water, says European Union

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday said that 62 million Nigerians were currently living without access to clean water. Mr Ketil Karlsen, EU’s Head of Delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS), disclosed this at the...
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ECOWAS to have own currency by 2020, says member state
June 13, 2019 No Responses

ECOWAS to have own currency by 2020, says member state

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is in the “fast lane’’ of integration and planned to have its own currency in 2020, a member state has disclosed. Aichatou Kane, a representative from Niger Republic disclosed this at the ongoing.....
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JUST IN: ECOWAS to implement harmonised roaming tariff in June
May 22, 2019 No Responses

JUST IN: ECOWAS to implement harmonised roaming tariff in June

ECOWAS is working towards the implementation of a regulation to define a harmonised legal and tariff framework for roaming on public mobile communication networks among member states by June 2019. Mr Zouli Bonkoungou, ECOWAS Commissioner, Telecommunications an...
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Scrutinise Technology Deployed for 2019 Elections, ECOWAS tells Nigeria
April 9, 2018 No Responses

Scrutinise Technology Deployed for 2019 Elections, ECOWAS tells Nigeria

Gen. Francis Behanzin, the Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security , ECOWAS Commission has called for the scrutiny of technology being deployed for elections to ensure citizens of their credibility. Behanzin made the call while delivering goodwi...
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Common Currency: ‘Be Cautious’, Buhari Tells ECOWAS in Niger
October 24, 2017 No Responses

Common Currency: ‘Be Cautious’, Buhari Tells ECOWAS in Niger

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Niamey, Niger, urged ECOWAS member countries to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency in the sub-region by 2020, drawing attention to the challenges faced by the European Union in realising the same...
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ECOWAS Needs Common Currency to Boost Regional Trade- Obasanjo
June 29, 2017 No Responses

ECOWAS Needs Common Currency to Boost Regional Trade- Obasanjo

Obasanjo calls for common currency to boost ECOWAS trade   Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday called on the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to agree on common currency to boost the regional trade. Obasanjo ma...
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