The President of the Economic Community of West African States Commission, Mr. Kassi Brou, has described the regional electricity market, under construction, as fundamental to the development of West Africa.
According to him, the body was also interested in having a good legal environment “so that private investors can know exactly, in a very predictable and transparent way, what the rules are and so can invest in the sector”. “We are trying to make energy available at a competitive cost to every country, and at the lowest cost possible for community citizens,” a statement quoted him to have said.
He also identified the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant consequences, including the lockdown last year in the region and globally, as a major challenge and expressed the hope that the production of vaccines and their administration would help bring a solution to the pandemic.