President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Brou, says without convergence, the implementation of ECOWAS single currency will be catastrophic when implemented.
Brou made this known in Abuja, while presenting the State of the Community in 2019 to the Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament.
He said that mechanisms for the implementation of the ECOWAS single currency, tackling regional insecurity, trade integration, and ease of transportation were the major priorities of the ECOWAS Commission in 2019.
According to him, the authorities of ECOWAS Heads of Government identified convergence as one of the key elements for the successful implementation of the ECOWAS single currency.
Brou told the Members of Parliament, that terrorist attacks, and inter-communal clashes, were heightened in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Northern Nigeria.
In his remarks, Nazaire Sado, representing Benin republic called on the ECOWAS Commission to urgently address the issues with Nigeria’s border closure.
