Global Courant
Download logo
The Thirty-Third Ordinary Meeting of the ECOWAS Administrative and Financial Committee (AFC) opens in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. The semi-annual meeting commencing July 2, 2023 and ending July 4, 2023 will discuss, among other things, the status of duties assigned to community institutions by the 32nd meeting of the AFC, the financial situation of the community as of June 15, 2023, and Interim Report on programs and budget implementation, status of implementation of the provisions of the protocol on Community levies by Member States, and implementation status of the ECOWAS Regional Stabilization and Development Fund, among others.
In her opening speech, HE thanked Ms. Damtien Larbli Tchintchibidja, Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, the people and government of Guinea-Bissau for the warm welcome and congratulated them on the successful parliamentary elections. The vice president reiterated the four strategic objectives of the current administration and the progress made in achieving the laudable goals. She urged the committee to enshrine professionalism and impartiality and thanked them for their service to the community, particularly with regard to their deliberations on regional bloc administrative and financial issues.
The Chairman of the Committee on Administration and Finance, Dr (Mrs) Cristina Da Silva Pedreira, in her welcome speech, thanked the delegates for their presence and encouraged them to carefully consider the documents on the agenda for the meeting in order to arrive at a sound and unbiased to get result. decisions. She stated that the overriding aim is to ensure that the citizens of the community derive the maximum benefit from the activities of the Commission.
In his remarks, Internal Services Commissioner Professor Nazifi Abdullahi Darma stated that the AFC remains the first port of call for decision-making by the community governing bodies, making the body strategically important for the smooth implementation of the plans and programmes. from the Commission. Professor Darma instructed the delegates to discuss the agenda items so that management’s strategic objectives can be achieved.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
This press release is issued by APO. The content is not checked by the African Business editors and none of the content has been checked or validated by our editors, proofreaders or fact-checkers. The publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Thirty-third Ordinary Meeting of the Administrative and Financial Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) opens in Bissau
World News,Next Big Thing in Public Knowledg
#Thirtythird #Ordinary #Meeting #Administrative #Financial #Commission #Economic #Community #West #African #States #ECOWAS #opens #Bissau
