West Africa: Pres. Weah Submits West African Power Pool Concession to Legislature for Ratification

Monrovia — President George Weah Tuesday, July 10, 2018 submitted for ratification additional financing agreement for the West African Power Pool (WAPP) Interconnection Project Cote d'Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea (CLSG).

The original international Development Assistance loan (IDA) for the implementation of the regional project is SDR94, 9000,000 or US$147 million negotiated in March 2012. The amount of the project increased between the period 2012 and 2016 due to the Ebola epidemic in the Mano River Basin impasse and other economic factors.

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