As ECOWAS Parliament, the lawmaking arm of ECOWAS Commission pushes for a more sustainable and suitable Public Private Partnership, PPP model that will accelerate infrastructural and social development in West African sub region, the need for the strict application of the local content laws by Member states has been advanced.
Speaking during an oversight visit to the $1.5BN Deep Sea PPP port project in Ghana, Members of Parliament from Ghana and Liberia Hon Kofi Clement Humado and Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. said, for the ECOWAS sub region to get maximum benefits from the PPP concept, there is need for diligent application of local content laws, to ensure rapid transfer of technology and expertise to the indigenous people.
“It is up Ghana to have staff that will understudy, very quickly, within the 35 years the agreement is expected to last, on port management. Also very important is the need for ECOWAS Member counntries to implement their local content law…
