ECOWAS Parliament’s Quest For Effective Electricity Amid Shortfalls

The ECOWAS Parliament may have taken more steps to address West Africa’s inadequate electricity supply, especially in rural areas, but the variables around effective electricity access for a growing population are enormous and perhaps even more daunting for the regional assembly and partners’.
The Parliamentarians have engaged stakeholders including other regional institutions to boost regional electricity access during the Delocalized Meeting of the Joint Committee of the ECOWAS Parliament on Energy and Mines, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources that just ended in Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
The meeting, which has held from June 15 to 19, 2026 under the ...