CEMAC Heads of State Summit : Ministers Lay Ground Works

Some 15 members of government from the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) will be meeting today in Yaounde within the framework of the 34th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Union of Central Africa (UEAC). Holding after a working session that took place from October 31-November 2, 2019, of the Inter-State Committee of the Economic Union of Central Africa, the Council of Ministers will have the task of validating recommendations made by the technical working group.
According to officials, the Council of Ministers will also examine, modify or approve the budget of the outfit, balanced in revenue and expenditure at FCFA 88 billion, before transmitting it to the sub-regional parliament for adoption.
Discussions at this today’s meeting will be very crucial for the smooth running of the extra-ordinary summit of CEMAC Heads of State. The Ministers will review the path covered so far in the implementation of the resolutions of the Heads of State taken in Yaounde in 2016. They will also look into the triennial programme of convergence of the Republic of Congo as well as the level of advancement of reforms put in place by Heads of States during their March 2018 summit in N’Djamena, Chad.  The Council of Ministers will, in addition, scrutinise some eight points put forward by the Inter-State ...