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The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded in 1975. Its mission is to promote economic integration in "all fields of economic activity, particularly industry, transport, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources, commerce, monetary and financial questions, social and cultural matters.
The Institutions of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) are as follows:
The Commission
The Community Parliament
The Community Court OF Justice
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID)
The ECOWAS Commission and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development, more often called The Fund are its two main institutions designed to implement policies, pursue a number of programmes and carry out development projects in Member States. Such projects include intra-community road construction and telecommunications; and agricultural, energy and water resources development.
The fifteen (15) West African States that constitute ECOWAS are;
The Republic of BENIN
Burkina Faso
The Republic of CABO VERDE
The Republic of COTE D'IVOIRE
The Republic of GAMBIA
The Republic of GHANA
The Republic of GUINEE
The Republic of GUINEE BISSAU
The Republic of LIBERIA
The Republic of MALI
The Republic of NIGER
The Federal Republic of NIGERIA
The Republic of SENEGAL
The Republic of SIERRA LEONE
TOGOLESE Republic
Official Contact Information
101, Yakubu Gowon Crescent, Asokoro District
P.M.B. 401 Abuja, Nigeria
Tel: (234) (9) 4604 0483
info@ecowas.int
http://www.ecowas.int