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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 aware of the impressive progress being made in the construction of the projects such as Cote d’Ivore-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea Interconnection Project, OMVG Senegal-The Gambia-Guinea Bissau-Interconnection Project”, he noted, in agreement with the Minister, the project was considered a priority in the 2012 updated...

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 the referendum which is expected to give Ghanaians the opportunity to vote yes or no on December 17, 2019. Speaking to the media, he advised Ghanaians to vote yes but clashed with his colleague local governance expert Mr. Amon Kotei who also urged to vote No, the reason being that, giving the politicians the power to...

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 conditions, apparently IEA is assuring a solar boom in countries across the continent, which could give hundreds of millions of homes electricity for the first time. The report foretells that Africa’s appetency for energy will grow at double the rate of the global average in the coming decades as the continent overtakes...

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 Cameroon’s Economy and Trade Ministries, officials of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a diverse group of policy makers and experts would scrutinize the draft document and combine it for its effective implementation. While a consultation with the private sector in country’s main business hub...