ECOWAS leaders call for W.African birth rate to be halved
Senior politicians in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday called for measures to cut the birth rate in the region in order to bring the population explosion there under control.
ECOWAS community court of justice gets new president
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on Saturday in Abuja elected Justice Jérôme Traoré from Burkina Faso as its new President.
$2.1bn arms probe: Justify Dasuki’s detention, ECOWAS court tells FG
The Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) Court has ordered the Federal Government to come before it today to justify the continued detention of the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd.
CBN now to allocate forex to end users
ABUJA—The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is now to allocate foreign exchange to end-users, with priority given to matured Letters of Credit, importation of petroleum products, raw materials and machinery. This is in a bid to effectively manage the nation’s depleted foreign reserves.
ECOWAS TV, radio broadcast channels will come on stream in 2017 – Official
The Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) has said that its sub-regional radio and television channels will come on stream in 2017.
Human Trafficking: NAPTIP, other Ecowas states get N5.5bn EU support
The European Union (EU) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have announced an investment of N5.5 billion to support the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in its fight against human trafficking.
MSMEs decry inability to participate 2013 ECOWAS trade fair
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, under the auspices of Association of Micro Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (AMEN), has decried its inability to participate at 2013 Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS trade fair, held in Togo, blaming it on finance. Recall that the association was selected by the Nigeria Export Promotion Council, NEPC to represent the country. Speaking at a business forum/ inauguration of AMEN Cooperative, President AMEN, Prince Saviour Iche, described the ongoing submission of business proposals to the Bank of Industry (BOI) through SMEDAN as a welcome development, saying, “ but our members may not be able to access the fund due to stringent requirements and conditions attached to it. We are proposing to meet the management for the way forward.
ECOWAS bank to understudy BoI on project financing
The leaders of Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, EBID, Togo, are to understudy Nigeria’s Bank of Industry’s success on project financing.
Nigeria seeks NEXIM’s support on ECOWAS trade
The Federal Government has asked the Board of the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) to support Nigeria in maintaining its leading position as the powerhouse in regional trade in West Africa.
ECOWAS calls extra-ordinary summit on regional integration
ECOWAS leaders are to meet in Dakar, Senegal in October in an extraordinary session to decide on three issues critical to the financial health of the region – the Common External Tariff (CET), the Community Levy and the lingering Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Union (EU).
