Cooperation among ECOWAS members vital to launching common currency: official

STORY: Cooperation among ECOWAS members vital to launching common currency: official DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: Accra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLORUNSOLA OLOWOFESO, Director general of the WAMI 3. various of the conference 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OLORUNSOLA OLOWOFESO, Director general of the WAMI 5. various of the conference STORYLINE: A senior official from the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) on Monday stressed a strong collaboration among member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to achieve the target of launching the proposed common currency Eco for the subregion amid the global economic challenges. Olorunsola Olowofeso, director general of the WAMI, made this call during the official opening of the 53rd Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Member States of the West African Monetary Zone in Accra, the capital of Ghana. In an interview with Xinhua, Olowofeso said the g