The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Olaf Scholz, has said his country is working with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to provide cheap electricity to member states.
Scholz disclosed this while addressing a press conference after a meeting with the ECOWAS Commission’s President Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, in Abuja on Sunday.
Speaking earlier, the ECOWAS Commission’s President, Touray, said the organisation had received support from the government of Germany for a €81 million grant to address vital areas of development, including electricity.Touray said there is a plan to link electricity power production through West Africa from a centre in Cotonou in the Republic of Benin.
“Recently, we have agreed to the tune of 81 million Euros that the government of Germany and the people of Germany have decided to grant to ECOWAS to support us in various areas.
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