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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Federal Government of Nigeria during the past weekend confirmed that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) would be completed in 2023. During the launch of the 330KV West African Power Pool (WAPP) Nigeria-Niger-Togo/Benin-Burkina guarantee ensure that the deadline is released. He promised of the Federal Government commitment to facilitate the implementation of the project. “We are...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Accra, Ghana- A LOCAL governance expert in Ghana, Mr. George Kyei-Baffour has described Members of Parliament’s share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) as illegal.’ Also, the delay of disbursement of District Assemblies common fund he said is unconstitutional adding that the various Metropolitan and Municipal District Chief Executives (MMDCE) have the mandate to sue government. Mr. Kyei-Baffour was expressing his view on...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- AFRICA is readily available to lead the world’s cleanest economic revolution by using renewable energy sources to power a mahoosive spread of urbanization. The IEA envisages solar energy will play a big role in supporting the continent’s growing population and industrialization over the next twenty years. Africa has less than half the solar power installations seen in the UK, despite the sunnier...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- CAMEROON’s exhaustive plan to tap into a 1.2 billion people Africa-wide market and a more than $ 2.5 trillion continental GDP, in the arrival of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), will come under review from 11th -15th November, this year in back and forth sessions in Douala and Yaounde. Months, aftter assembling together a draft national AfCFTA strategy, authorities of the...