ALL is now set for the details design of the Lagos-Abidjan six-lane
dual carriage way following the approval given by Heads of Government of
the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for $50 million
seed money requested by the Ministerial Project Steering Committee.
President Goodluck Jonathan announced this on Thursday during a meeting of Ministers of Works and Infrastructure of ECOWAS at the sidelines of the ongoing 22nd Ordinary Session of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
He told the ministers from Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire that a meeting of the ECOWAS Heads of Government would decide how soon the money could be mobilised as he noted that since the issued involved money, it would take a bit of time, but he would, however, conult his Ivoirian counterpart, Alhassan Quattara, over the matter.
According to the president, “at the meeting of the ECOWAS Heads of State, it will be decided how
quickly the funds can be mobilized. We have approved your prayers. Anything that money is involved in takes more time.
“In terms of details of how we can quickly mobilise money and the ratio of contributions by each member state, decision will be taken when we get to Abuja. I will speak with President Alhassan Quattara.”
Chairman of the Ministerial Project Steering Committee and Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, who spoke on the committee’s prayers to the ECOWAS leaders, recalled that the ministers had presented to the leaders a request to approve and authorise the raising of the sum of $50 million for the actual start of the details design studies and to cover for the meeting expenses for the next two years.
He said they also made a request for the approval of an initial joint request from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to provide $16.67million towards the details studies.
Onolememen said while the committee appreciated the support given to it by leaders of ECOWAS so far, it also requested for approval for the leaders to consider the initial draft treaty and full commitment of member-states towards the Abidjan-Lagos corridor.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the Works Minister explained that the implementation of the project would ensure the proper regional integration of West Africa and open up the sub-region for commerce.
President Goodluck Jonathan announced this on Thursday during a meeting of Ministers of Works and Infrastructure of ECOWAS at the sidelines of the ongoing 22nd Ordinary Session of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
He told the ministers from Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire that a meeting of the ECOWAS Heads of Government would decide how soon the money could be mobilised as he noted that since the issued involved money, it would take a bit of time, but he would, however, conult his Ivoirian counterpart, Alhassan Quattara, over the matter.
According to the president, “at the meeting of the ECOWAS Heads of State, it will be decided how
quickly the funds can be mobilized. We have approved your prayers. Anything that money is involved in takes more time.
“In terms of details of how we can quickly mobilise money and the ratio of contributions by each member state, decision will be taken when we get to Abuja. I will speak with President Alhassan Quattara.”
Chairman of the Ministerial Project Steering Committee and Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Mike Onolememen, who spoke on the committee’s prayers to the ECOWAS leaders, recalled that the ministers had presented to the leaders a request to approve and authorise the raising of the sum of $50 million for the actual start of the details design studies and to cover for the meeting expenses for the next two years.
He said they also made a request for the approval of an initial joint request from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to provide $16.67million towards the details studies.
Onolememen said while the committee appreciated the support given to it by leaders of ECOWAS so far, it also requested for approval for the leaders to consider the initial draft treaty and full commitment of member-states towards the Abidjan-Lagos corridor.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the Works Minister explained that the implementation of the project would ensure the proper regional integration of West Africa and open up the sub-region for commerce.
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