Senegal takes over the chairmanship of ECOWAS Brown Card institution

Mr. Mohamadou Moustapha Noba (left) presenting an award to Mr. Victor Obeng Adiyiah for Ghana’s role in the ECOWAS Brown Card Scheme


At the just-ended stakeholders consultative meeting and 36th Annual General Meeting held in Dakar, Republic of Senegal, Mr. Mohamadou Moustapha Noba - the Managing Director of SUNU Assurance Senegal - was elected as Chairman of the ECOWAS Brown Card Scheme, with Nigeria as Vice Chair and represented by Mr. Ganiyu Mussa, the Managing Director of Cornerstone Insurance Company Limited. Mr. Mussa took over from Mr. Dawda Sarge, who was from the Gambia.

The Dakar meeting was organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign and ECOWAS Affairs of Senegal, and witnessed the highest level of attendance in the history of the Scheme. There were stakeholders drawn from all the fourteen member-states, including for the first time Mauritania - which has withdrawn from ECOWAS.

According to the Permanent Secretary General, Mr. Winfred Kwasi Dodzih - the Ghanaian Diplomat at the helm of the Scheme’s affairs: “The withdrawal of Mauritania - which is a member of the north African Maghreb Union - leaves ECOWAS, which was founded in 1975 to boost regional economic integration, with 15 members comprising former French, British and Portuguese colonies”. He was optimistic that Mauritania, which shares boundaries with Mali and Senegal - both active members of ECOWAS, will eventually regain its appropriate position in the comity of members as they begin to show interest in Brown Card activities.

Finally, Ghana was awarded for her role and continued support to the ECOWAS Brown Card Scheme. The Chairman of the Ghana National Bureau of the ECOWAS Brown Card Scheme, Mr. Victor Obeng Adiyiah, received the award at the just ended AGM in Dakar.
Mr. Winfred Kwasi Dodzih




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