MOFCOM provides $31.6 million grant for ECOWAS Headquarters Building Construction Project

On March 14, 2018, the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Chinese Government signed a $31.6 million grant agreement for the ECOWAS Headquarters Building Construction Project. The purpose of the project is to construct a new headquarters building for ECOWAS in Abuja, Nigeria and consolidate ECOWAS operations from three buildings to one. The Chinese Government also agreed agreed to cover the cost of the first 3 years of maintenance for the building. On July 10, 2019, the parties signed a project implementation agreement. China National Machinery Industry Corporation (Sinomach) is the contractor responsible for project implementation. Construction was originally scheduled to commence in January 2020. However, as of August 2022, AidData had not identified any evidence of project implementation.

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1. The Chinese project title is 援西非国家经济共同体总部办公楼项目. 2. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a 15-member regional group in Africa with a directive of promoting economic integration in all fields of activity of the constituting countries. Member countries that are part of ECOWAS include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’ Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Togo

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