Regulation C/REG.17/12/03 Relating to the Renewal of Lease Agreements on the Residences of the Professional Staff of the Executive Secretariat in Abuja

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Date
18 December 2003
Language
English
Type
Regulation

Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG.17/12/03 Relating to the Renewal of Lease Agreements on the Residences of the Professional Staff of the Executive Secretariat in Abuja

The Council of Ministers,MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the ECOWAS Treaty establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions;CONSIDERING the need for the construction of vital additional works by the Executive Secretariat at its Staff Quarters at Katampe;CONSIDERING that the estimated completion period for the provision by the Nigerian Government of access roads and other infrastructure facilities at the Katampe Housing Estate will extend up to the end of the year 2004;NOTING that the leases on most of the residences rented for the staff of the Executive Secretariat in 2002 will expire before the completion of the work at the Katampe Housing Estate;CONSIDERING that only two (2) years leases can be negotiated by prospective tenants for residential accommodation in Abuja;AWARE of the need to renew the leases of the residences of professional staff in Abuja and to take into account the projected recruitment of new staff for the Executive Secretariat in 2004;Desirous of making available, adequate resources for the renewal of the leases for residential accommodation of the Professional staff;ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the Thirtieth Meeting of the Administration and Finance Commission held in Accra from 8-15 December 2003;ENACTS

Article 1

The sum of one million two hundred and three thousand Units of Account (1,203,000UA) is hereby approved for the Executive Secretariat of ECOWAS to cover renewal and contracting of new leases for 2004.

Article 2

The Executive Secretariat shall prepare estimates of the overall financial implications of leases to cover all the new posts approved by the sixth extra­ordinary session of the Council of Ministers. Such estimates shall be submitted to the Administration and Finance commission for consideration.

Article 3

This Regulation shall be published by the Executive Secretariat in the official journal of the Community within thirty (30) days of its signature by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. It shall be published in the national gazette of each Member State within the same time frame.
Done at Accra, this 18th day of December 2003Hon. (Dr) Kofi Konaku AprakuChairman for Council
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