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The Accra Regional Police Command has announced a temporary closure of some roads in Accra ahead of the 5th<\/sup>\u00a0Economic Community\u00a0of West African States’ (ECOWAS) Presidential Task-force meeting.<\/p>\n

The Presidential Task-force meeting on a single currency for the West African sub-region, will be hosted in Ghana and chaired by President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n

It will be held at the Accra International Conference Centre from Wednesday, February 21, 2018.<\/p>\n

According to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer for Accra Regional Police Command, Effia Tenge, there will be a temporary closure of the Osu Cemetary Traffic Light on the Castle Road to AU Circle, intermittent closure on the Independence Avenue through 37 interchanges to AU circle.<\/p>\n

The Regional Police Command urged the general public to cooperate with the police for effective traffic management.<\/p>\n

“The general\u00a0public is urged to cooperate with the police to ensure effective\u00a0traffic management.Any inconvenience that these arrangements\u00a0would cause is deeply regretted ”<\/p>\n

In attendance at the meeting will be the Presidents of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Republic of Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Alhassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Niger, Issoufou Mahamadou, the Governors of Central Banks and foreign Ministers from the ECOWAS.<\/p>\n

The Presidential Task-force meeting will be preceded by two meetings; the 6th<\/sup> Technical Meeting of the Presidential Task Force and the 2nd<\/sup> Ministerial Meeting of the Presidential Task Force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Representatives of the Ministries of Finance and Economy of Cote d\u2019Ivoire and Ghana, Niger and Nigeria, Central Banks of ECOWAS Members State and the regional institutions involved in the ECOWAS Monetary Cooperation Programme (EMCP), namely the ECOWAS Commission, UEMOA Commission, West African Monetary Agency (WAMA), West African Monetary Institution (WAMI) BCEAO and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), will be in attendance for the Technical Meetings.<\/p>\n

The meeting will provide a platform to deliberate on issues related to the ECOWAS single currency Programme and review strategies to accelerate the single currency by 2020.<\/p>\n

The single Currency programme is in line with the vision of ECOWAS to transform the sub-region into an economic and monetary union.<\/p>\n

\u201cECOWAS was founded with the aim the transforming the sub-region into an economic and monetary union. This led to the adoption of the Community Authority of the ECOWAS Monetary Cooperation Programme (EMCP) in July 1987,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

The last ECOWAS single Currency Programme was held in Niamey, Niger in October 2017.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Farida Yusif\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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