The ECOWAS Advert-Hoc Ministerial Committee on the Development of Headquarters of Group Establishments meets on the Margins of the Council of Ministers assembly on July 5, 2024, on the building web site of the New ECOWAS Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria to think about the report of the Specialists’ Assembly of the Committee and assess the progress of labor on the web site.
The New ECOWAS Headquarters constructing referred to as “The Eye of West Africa” alongside the Airport Highway in Abuja is being constructed with a grant from the Folks’s Republic of China by means of the China Worldwide Improvement Cooperation Company (China Support).
Whereas welcoming the individuals, H.E. Madam Damtien L. Tchintchibidja, the Vice President of the ECOWAS Fee, expressed the appreciation of ECOWAS Establishments to the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the land supplied, the obligation waivers granted, growth permits facilitated and all the opposite helps in direction of the graduation of the development on the new ECOWAS Headquarters web site.
The Vice President additionally thanked His Excellency XI Jinping, President of the Folks’s Republic of China, and the Authorities of China for the China-Support Challenge of the ECOWAS Headquarters Constructing in help to the ECOWAS group. “This gesture represents a beacon within the ongoing cooperation between the Folks’s Republic of China and ECOWAS Member States”, she added.
H.E. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Minister of Overseas Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers, in his opening remarks thanked his colleague Ministers for his or her continued dedication to advancing regional integration and socio-economic growth of the Area. This he mentioned was evident by their presence on the assembly.
He added that “the brand new ECOWAS Headquarters is poised to grow to be a beacon of hope, embodying our shared values and heritage. The construction symbolises a promising future for our folks – a base from which we’ll proceed to make vital strides in regional integration, financial progress, and safety”.
After the assembly, the Ministers had been taken on tour of the location to see the progress of labor which is at the moment at 33% bodily and 45% monetary completion. The development which began in November 2022 is scheduled to be accomplished and handed over by February 2025.
There was a quick “Topping-out Ceremony” forward of the location go to which had in attendance Mr. Wei Pengfei, the Normal Supervisor of the Shaanxi Development Engineering Group Firm (SCEGC) Worldwide Company, H.E. Mr. Zhang Yi, Cost d’affaires of Chinese language Embassy in Nigeria, amongst different dignitaries.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS).