ECOWAS Halts Single Currency Launch, Adopts Gradual Approach       The Economic Community of West African States has postponed the planned launch of its single currency, the Eco. The body agreed to maintain a gradual approach for the launching of the currency. ECOWAS explained that a new date for...

Experts Back Buhari As President Faults ECOWAS Single Currency   President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday raised concerns over the planned single currency for the Economic Community of West African States. He said the plan for the single currency, Eco, could be in serious jeopardy, unless member states...

West African Single Currency: Why Nigeria Should Tread Cautiously By Sani Ibrahim Paki   In their efforts to promote economic integration and harmonise trade and investment in their region, the 15 member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday, June 29th, 2019...

The ECOWAS Convergence council will hold an ordinary session tomorrow in Abuja to determine the progress made in implementing the roadmap of the Community’s Single Currency Programme and adopt the macroeconomic convergence of member States. The Statutory Council would bring together the 15 member states’...

ECOWAS has said notable progress has been made in its plan to establish a single currency by 2020 and the adoption of a single biometric identity card for member states. The Liberian Ambassador to Nigeria, Prof. Al-Hassan Conteh, stated this in Abuja, while speaking on...