Accra (Ghana), October 6: Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday started restructuring the institution for a more effective service delivery to benefit all citizens in the region.
Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Chairperson of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers, said the restructuring, as part of broad reforms, would reduce the number of commissioners from 15 to seven.
In her opening remarks at the one-day extraordinary session of the council of ministers, Botchway said the restructuring also aimed at creating a more cost-effective administrative structure.
"Our key objective is for a more effective and efficient ECOWAS institution that will deliver quality service to our people," said Botchway, also Ghana's Foreign Minister.
She underscored the need for ECOWAS to use the long-standing show of solidarity to ensure the achievement of practical and attainable reforms that will usher ECOWAS into a new era of productivity, cost-efficiency, quality service delivery, and excellence for the benefit of the community citizens.
The official urged member states to place the desired success of the ECOWAS institutional reforms far above national sentiments and carry this all-important process forward successfully.
"We must bear in mind that an efficient ECOWAS will serve all our countries through a focus on programs and project implementation that impact directly on the lives of our community citizens," Botchway added.
Source: Xinhua
