The Council of Ministers to the Heads of State of both ECOWAS and CEMAC (the Economic and Monetary Union of Central Africa) have proposed measures to improve aviation in the region.

A statement from ECOWAS commission said the ministers responsible for Civil Aviation from West and Central Africa regions ended their one-day meeting last Friday in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire with recommendations on improving the sector. It stated that" the ministers unequivocally called for "the full implementation of Yamoussoukro Decision and the elimination of all forms of non physical barriers".

Their recommendations also include a call for the "urgent creation or consolidation in the Member States, of civil aviation authorities with the appropriate legal, financial and managerial status to enable them fully and efficiently discharge their mandates under the Yamoussoukro Decision".

In a document entitled "Resolution Relating to the Liberalization of Air Transport in West and Central Africa" which was signed by the Ivorian Minister of Transport, Dr. Albert Toikeusse Mabri who chaired the meeting, the ministers also called for the means to facilitate the provision of adequate financial resources for the operations of the national civil aviation authorities and agencies within the air transport system as well as for other regional agencies.