Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Member of Parliament for Effutu in the Central Region, has said Winneba – the capital of his constituency- is fully prepared to receive and host Members of the ECOWAS Parliament for the fourth time.
Afenyo-Markin, the Majority Leader in Ghana’s Parliament gave the assurance to the ECOWAS Parliament after Members agreed that Winneba should be the venue for the delocalized joint committee meetings to take place from Monday, July 29 to Friday, August 3, 2024.
“Honorable collegiums, just a short message of gratitude; as you may be well aware there is an upcoming joint delocalized committee meeting scheduled for Ghana between the 29th of July to the 3rd of August and the Bureau graciously granted the request of Ghana to host the programme in Winneba in the Central Region of Ghana outside of the capital city.
“The Committee Chairs and members of these two committees have graciously agreed to come to Winneba and as the Member of Parliament for the Constituency, I say a very big thank you to you for the honour done us and also to assure you that the city would be happy to see you and be rest assured that every arrangement would be in place for us to have a good deliberation”, Afenyo-Markin noted in his capacity as the third deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament.
The July 29 to August 3 meeting in Winneba is under the theme “Plastic Waste Management: Challenges and Prospects in Implementing Community Policies” and is expected to have the Rt. Hon. Alban S.K. Bagbin, Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament as the Special Guest of Honour at the Opening Ceremony on July 29.
According to ECOWAS Parliament, one of the key aims of the meeting is to inform Members and sensitise them on the strategies and mechanisms developed by ECOWAS for the environmentally sound management of plastic waste in the West African region.
It said the meeting is expected to make recommendations to the ECOWAS Commission on how to improve legislation within the community to ensure coordinated implementation of environmental management policies and integrated management plans for chemicals and hazardous waste.
The delocalised meetings of the Committees are always organised in the Member States to enhance the visibility of the ECOWAS Parliament and its activities and to also discuss issues and programmes that relate to the development and integration process of ECOWAS.