
AfDB, ECOWAS seal $22m deal on Abidjan-Lagos highway
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have agreed to fast track the technical design to develop the proposed Abidjan-Lagos highway.
The bodies have therefore signed a $22 million agreement on the design project.
ECOWAS Commission President, Mr. Jean-Claude Brou, said in Abuja that the signing of the agreement was in line with the decision of the Presidents of Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo and Benin in 2014 on the construction of the highway.
He explained that with the approval of the member states, the ECOWAS Commission forwarded financing requests of approximately 89 million dollars to several development partners, including AfDB and European Union to fund the technical and project preparation studies.
Local media reports