ECOWAS HIGH LEVEL HUMANITARIAN MISSION DELIVERS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF DISASTERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA
26 Jan, 2024
An ECOWAS Excessive Degree mission arrived in Conakry, the Republic of Guinea on Sunday, 14th January 2024 to ship humanitarian help to victims of the current gasoline dump explosion which resulted in lack of lives, accidents, harm to properties and compelled displacement of residents of components of Conakry, the capital metropolis.
On 19th December 2023, the residents of Kaloum Quarters within the Capital metropolis awakened to an enormous explosion from the most important gasoline dump within the metropolis leading to lack of lives, accidents harm to properties, pressured displacement and eventual lack of livelihood for the residents of the affected zone in Conakry.
The President of the ECOWAS Fee, His Excellency, Dr Alieu Omar Touray responded to the devastation by approving a high-level mission led by the Commissioner for Human Improvement and Social Affairs, Professor Fatou Sow Sarr. The Mission included the Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs, the Director of Administration and Common Providers, the Govt Assistant to the Commissioner and a technical officer from the Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs. In the course of the 4 days mission, the crew, supported by the ECOWAS Resident Consultant to Guinea, met excessive degree representatives of the Authorities.
The ECOWAS Excessive degree mission delivered a condolence and solidarity message to the Authorities and Individuals of the Republic of Guinea and reaffirmed the ECOWAS Fee’s dedication to accompany the Authorities of Guinea in its efforts to construct group resilience to disasters and catastrophic occasions. Prof. Fatou Sow Sarr recalled the historic linkage of Guinea to not solely the West Africa area however all the Africa at giant and expressed the worth ECOWAS accords to this relationship. The Commissioner then introduced the donation of humanitarian aid supplies together with meals, treatment, emergency shelter amongst others to the tune of One Hundred Thousand United States {Dollars} ($100,000) by the ECOWAS Fee.
The Minister of International Affairs, African Integration and Guineans Overseas, His Excellency Dr. Morissanda Kouyate acquired the ECOWAS message on behalf of the Authorities and folks of the Republic of Guinea. The Minister recognised the significance of ECOWAS to the area and acknowledged the necessity to proceed to belong to this essential organisation which is a fulcrum to the general improvement and integration of West Africa as a subset to the African continent.
The ECOWAS Excessive Degree mission used the event to conclude the signing of the Settlement between the ECOWAS Fee, the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization and the Company for Catastrophe Administration and Humanitarian Affairs of the Republic of Guinea for the sum of $499,930 to help restoration and resilience constructing for these impacted by pure disasters equivalent to flooding. The settlement was endorsed by the Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation of the Republic of Guinea on behalf of the Authorities. This was adopted with a go to by the ECOWAS delegation to the Scenario Room of the Company the place the Director of the Company, Mr Lancei Toure briefed on the construction and operations of the Company in addition to the humanitarian and catastrophe scenario within the Nation.
On the 17th of January 2024, the ECOWAS Head of Delegation – Prof. Fatou Sow Sarr accompanied by the ECOWAS Resident Consultant to Guinea had an viewers with the Prime Minister Dr Bernard Gomou. As well as, a gathering was held with the Minister for the Promotion of Ladies, Her Excellency, Nannette Conte on the side-lines of the mission.
