{"id":211266,"date":"2020-03-12T16:20:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T16:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bidc-ebid.org\/?p=211266"},"modified":"2020-03-13T08:34:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T08:34:43","slug":"h-e-faure-gnassingbe-meets-president-of-ebid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidc-ebid.org\/en\/h-e-faure-gnassingbe-meets-president-of-ebid\/","title":{"rendered":"H.E. Faure GNASSINGBE Meets President of EBID"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of initial working visits to ECOWAS Member States, the President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr. George Agyekum Nana Donkor, met with His Excellency Faure Gnassingbe at the Presidency in Lom\u00e9, on 10<sup>th<\/sup> March 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fielding questions from reporters after the meeting, Dr. Donkor said that the purpose of the visit was firstly, to express the Bank\u2019s appreciation to Togo for its unflinching support to the institution and also congratulate His Excellency Faure Gnassingbe on his re-election as President of the Republic during the recently concluded general elections, and also pledged to support the country\u2019s development agenda especially, the emphasis on infrastructure development, education and social amenities which are in line with the priority areas of EBID interventions in Member States.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_211165\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211165\" class=\"wp-image-211165\" src=\"http:\/\/bidc-ebid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donkor_tvt_presidence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidc-ebid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donkor_tvt_presidence.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bidc-ebid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donkor_tvt_presidence-530x331.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.bidc-ebid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donkor_tvt_presidence-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bidc-ebid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Donkor_tvt_presidence-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-211165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>EBID President, Dr. George Donkor Fielding Questions from State House Correspondents after being Received in Audience by H.E. Faure Gnassingbe. (Lome, 11\/3\/20<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. George Agyekum Nana Donkor assumed duty as President of EBID on 1<sup>st<\/sup> February 2020 following his appointment by the Board of Governors of the Bank comprising Ministers of Finance and Economic Planning of the fifteen (15) ECOWAS Member States namely, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo; during their 9<sup>th<\/sup> Extraordinary Session held on 13<sup>th<\/sup> January 2020 in Lom\u00e9, Togolese Republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of initial working visits to ECOWAS Member States, the President of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Dr. George Agyekum Nana Donkor, met with His Excellency Faure Gnassingbe at the Presidency in Lom\u00e9, on 10th March 2020. 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