{"id":466928,"date":"2018-02-23T15:51:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T15:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/ecowas-still-to-implement-single-currency\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T15:51:35","slug":"ecowas-still-to-implement-single-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/ecowas-still-to-implement-single-currency\/","title":{"rendered":"ECOWAS still to implement single currency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday, 23 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>thebftonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/40749664.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ecowas Taskforce\" title=\"Ecowas Taskforce\" width=\"295\" height=\"198\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Members of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme in a group photograph<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519401095_456_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Members of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme have reaffirmed their political will to meet the Bloc\u2019s single currency programme deadline by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>They also reaffirmed their commitment to ratify and implement all relevant ECOWAS Protocols and Conventions, as well as a gradual approach wherein member-states which meet the convergence criteria can start the monetary union while other countries join later.<\/p>\n<p>This was in a Communiqu\u00e9 issued at the end of the Fifth Meeting of the Presidential task Force on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme in Accra on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, President Allasane Outtara of Cote d\u2019Ivoire, President Issoufou Mamadou of Niger, Faure Gnassingbe of Togo, and Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigera-representing President Muhamadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>The Task Force members expressed concern over the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and called on the African Union to put in place a mechanism to move toward peaceful resolution of the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The Accra meeting, which comes four months after the last one in Niamey, Niger-on October 24, 2017, was to review progress made by the Task Force \u2013 co-chaired by President Akufo-Addo and Nigerien leader Issoufou Mamadou \u2013 on the roadmap to attain a single currency for the region by 2020.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c0j6-orQpoM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: 39 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Friday, 23 February 2018 Source: thebftonline.com 2018-02-23 play videoMembers of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme in a group photograph Members of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme have reaffirmed their political will to meet the Bloc\u2019s single currency programme deadline by 2020. 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