CONAKRY – Leaders of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, on Monday, adopted priority projects and determined the cost of the regional economic recovery programme.
River Mano Union comprised Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire.
In a joint statement issued after the extraordinary meeting, the leaders of the four countries agreed to submit various funding proposals to financial donors.
The first proposal of the regional programme which was expected to cost 1.8 billion dollars would focus on areas of health, water, sanitation and hygiene, peace, agriculture, food security and strengthening of the private sector.
The second proposal, estimated to cost 2.24 billion dollars would target infrastructures such as roads, energy as well as information and communication technologies programme.
The four countries reiterated their appeal for the setting up of a consolidated special fund for River Mano Union’s post-Ebola recovery programme.
They appealed for debt relief from the international community, as well as direct budgetary support to countries affected by Ebola.
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Meanwhile, a report says as at June 14, 2015, the World Health Organisation had recorded over 27,000 Ebola cases, among them over 11,000 deaths in the sub-regional countries affected by Ebola crisis. (Xinhua/NAN)
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