Regional Economy: Nigeria, ECOWAS Countries Adopt Eco Single Currency - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 30, 2019
The Authority ofECOWAS Heads of State and Government have adopted ECO as the name of the singlecurrency to be issued in January 2020.
The leaders at their55th Ordinary Session in Abuja endorsed the name while congratulating theMinisterial Committee on the Single Currency for the considerable progressrecorded in the implementation of the revised roadmap.
In the communiqué readby Mustapha Suleiman, Nigeria’s Permanent Secretary Ministry of ForeignAffairs, the Authority instructed the ECOWAS Commission to work incollaboration with West African Monetary Agency.
The leaders alsoinstructed the commission to work with West African Monetary Institute and thecentral banks to accelerate the implementation of the revised roadmap withregard to the symbol of the single currency.