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New Year’s message from the Director of the EYSDC, Acting Resident Representative of ECOWAS in Burkina Faso

New Year’s message from the Director of the EYSDC, Interim Resident Representative of ECOWAS in Burkina Faso The year 2023 drew to a close, bringing with it a mix of emotions, opportunities, challenges and, above all, hope for our region. A new year begins, bringing with it the promise of joy, happiness and fulfilment. In this new year, 2024, I would like to wish all ECOWAS staff in Ouagadougou and their families a season of peace, happiness and prosperity. In my capacity as Interim Resident Representative of ECOWAS in Burkina Faso, I pay tribute to the sacrifices made and the quality of the work carried out by the staff, often in difficult and uncertain circumstances. I appreciate the camaraderie, the sense of community and the courtesy shown over the past year, which have undoubtedly contributed to maintaining a good working environment in our various offices and to achieving results that were, at times, unprecedented. Your sustained commitment to duty and service reinforces the Commission’s determination to build an ECOWAS of the people, with peace and prosperity for all by the year 2050. I express my satisfaction with this ongoing commitment and invite you to continue to promote these fundamental values for the development of our Community and the realisation of the ECOWAS vision. I take this opportunity to salute and pay tribute to Their Excellencies Tiéna Coulibaly, former ECOWAS Resident Representative in Burkina Faso, and Kouassivi Bougonou Djeri-Alassani, former Director of the ECOWAS Water Resources Management Centre (EWRMC), both now retired from service, for the progress made during their tenures. I once again wish them every success, good health and happiness in their well-deserved retirement. I also welcome Mr Kouakou Alexis Kouassi, the incoming Director of the EWRMC, into our little ECOWAS family in Ouagadougou, extending a warm welcome to him and wishing him every success in his new role. I express the hope for a region where the people may always know peace, so that ECOWAS may fully fulfil its role of integrating its citizens into a community of shared peace and prosperity. Happy New Year 2024 to everyone. Amb. Francis Chuks Njoaguani Resident Representative of ECOWAS a.i. in Burkina Faso