{"id":17713,"date":"2017-09-28T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=17713"},"modified":"2017-09-28T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T14:42:00","slug":"ecowas-seeks-solution-poverty-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ecowas-seeks-solution-poverty-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS seeks solution to poverty and disease"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vice President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Edward Singhatey,\u00a0 said it was unacceptable that extreme poverty, disease, criminality, terrorism and other social vices keep defining the structure of the sub- region on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Singhatey spoke in Lagos during the Commission\u2019s meeting with non-state actors and civil society organisations (CSOs), including West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), West African Network for Peace Building, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Think Tanks, traders associations, media and women groups.<\/p>\n

However, he said the Commission was committed and prepared to implement strategies outlined in the Community Strategic Framework (CSF) 2016-2020 with the goal of reducing poverty, strengthening the sub-region\u2019s political systems and electioneering process and deepening economic integration, establishing a monetary union, mobilising and building national capacities in key areas and developing infrastructure.<\/p>\n

The ECOWAS chief, who urged the invited bodies to join hands with the sub-regional body in tackling challenges confronting West Africa, emphasised that the CSF, if well-implemented, would make the ECOWAs Vision 2020 to become a reality than a dream.<\/p>\n

According to Singhatey, the strategies outlined in the document form the basis for the Commission\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cAll ECOWAs institutions are carving out of that document in their strategic action programmes. This was the intention at the onset. The object being to correct the misalignment of objectives experienced in the past as well as make for an orderly implementation of ECOWAs programmes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CSF and its tools have become the basis for the budgeting process of all ECOWAs institutions\/agencies. I would, therefore, wish to mention that the budget of ECOWAs institutions follow a result-based approach, where the expected results from the programmes and activities are clearly delineated. Resources are then allocated on the basis of these anticipated results.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this approach, the desired impact of our intervention would be clearly felt. Our commitment to making our work citizen or people-based would have been realised.<\/p>\n

\u201cGone are the days when ECOWAs institutions were concentrating on allocating resources rather than results.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides the CSF, Singhatey said though the event might be his last with the organisations as vice president, he and his team were determined to leave a very strong institution.<\/p>\n

The reform being initiated in ECOWAs, he said, has reached an advanced stage, \u201cvery far-reaching, permeating every facet of our institution\u2019s operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration is concentrating on two major aspects, the organisaional structure and the business process. The conclusion of these reforms will usher in a completely transformed institution. We are determined to leaving behind a strong, lean, efficient and effective institution,\u201d he added.<\/p>

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He cautioned that the way things are being done in the continent must conform to the best practice and driven by technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must, therefore, discuss what we must together, in a creative way, to ensure that the message of the CSF is well communicated and how we can generate the resources to implement the lofty ideas in the framework,\u201d Singhatey concluded.<\/p>\n

The Commission\u2019s Director of Strategic Planning Directorate Essien Abel Essien, told the invited bodies that the meeting was convened to expose them to the framework and solicit further ideas on its implementation and communication to the people of the sub region.<\/p>\n

He urged the bodies to spend most of their energy and time discussing what could be done to sustain and even generate more momentum in the integration process.<\/p>\n

WACSOF President, Hon. Khady Fall Tall, hailed the Commission for supporting the organisation since its establishment in 2003.<\/p>\n

Acknowledging the Commission\u2019s activities in the Northeast and The Gambia, she added that the Commission\u2019s vice president has been of great assistance to the organisation in the area of bringing the activities of ECOWAS to people.<\/p>\n

Tall called for more synergy and assistance to member organisations experiencing challenges.<\/p>\n

The Executive Director of Centre for Regional Integration in Africa (CRIA), Prof. SKB Asante, urged ECOWAs member states to revisit the idea of creating Ministry of Regional Integration to deepen integration among member states.<\/p>\n

A senior research fellow with Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Dr. Efem Ubi, advised the gathering to find critical solutions to challenges facing ECOWAs. NATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

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