Experts from the Central Banks of Member States and members of the ECOWAS Administration and Finance Committee are meeting from 23 to 26 September 2025 in Accra, Ghana, to review and validate the draft regulations for the ECOWAS Community Levy Operations Manual.
Organised by the Finance and Budget Directorate of the ECOWAS Internal Services Department, the meeting aims to engage stakeholders in a strategic dialogue for the development of the final version of the ECOWAS Community Levy User Manual. The Community Levy, which is the main source of funding for ECOWAS activities, accounting for 70% to 80% of the budget, is a 0.5% tax applied to the total value of goods imported from non-ECOWAS countries.
The meeting was officially opened by Dr Roberts MOIKOWA, representative of the Chairman of the ECOWAS Administration and Finance Committee, following a welcome address by Mr Eddison AGBENYEGAH, Head of the ECOWAS National Office in Ghana, and a speech by Professor Abdullahi Nazifi DARMA, Commissioner for Internal Services of ECOWAS.
