To do this, it has convened a regional meeting in Dakar Senegal from 5 to 7 March 2019, on the theme: “Challenges and outlook regarding the creation of the ECOWAS single currency – Mobilising parliamentarians for the actualisation of the project”. In turn, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou commended the initiative of the meeting which, according to him, will enable an assessment of the status of implementation of the regional single currency. “This conference is holding at a time of widespread focus on the single currency implementation deadline, given the slow pace of macroeconomic convergence, harmonisation of financial and economic policies of the region. He also stressed the need to sensitize West African citizens on the single currency programme and state of play. “Beyond the economic dimensions, the single currency equally presents a social and cultural dimension forging a sense of belonging to a community.

Source: Front Page Africa March 12, 2019 00:56 UTC