Tapping these opportunities and backed by a solid culture of governance, rural banks can evolve into these valuable full-service community banks – a true pillar of countryside development. Towards this end, we have been promoting value chain financing through guidelines and incentives (as contained in Circular No. 908).
I believe that this ties in with our proposals to refocus WAMA so it can also deliver most efficiently on the objectives behind its establishment. The ECOWAS sub-region has for long championed the cause of economic and monetary integration.