ECOWAS Moves to Deepen Regional Trade as Dangote Pushes Business Council Take-off
Michael Olugbode in Abuja
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has intensified efforts to deepen regional economic integration and boost private sector participation with renewed moves to operationalise the ECOWAS Business Council (EBC), a platform expected to drive investment, trade and industrial development across the sub-region.
The commitment was reaffirmed during a high-level working visit by senior officials of the ECOWAS Commission to the Chairman of the ECOWAS Business Council, Aliko Dangote, at the Dangote Group headquarters in Lagos.
The delegation was led by the ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Dr. Kalilou Sylla, alongside the Commissioner for Internal Services, Dr. Habib Yaya Bappah. They were accompanied by Gerard Amoi Amangoua, Technical President of the Technical Working Group (TWG) for the ECOWAS Business Council, and other members of the working group.
