NEPAD New Rules Discussed in MINREX

Yaounde, Cameroon Africa. ( http://www.news.cameroon-today.com/ ) – Chief Executive Officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency, Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki states that the agency wants to prioritize on agriculture and infrastructure projects.

The Chief Executive Officer of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Planning and Coordinating Agency, Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki says that as per the latest mandate the agency would concentrate essentially on two priority projects; agriculture and infrastructure.

He was at Cameroon’s Ministry of External Relations yesterday, March 22, to appraise Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi on the present agenda of the Agency regarding its new mandate.

In a press conference that followed the discussions with Minister Eyebe Ayissi, Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, who is the former Prime Minister of Niger, said, “the new mandate of the NEPAD Agency is derived from the integration of NEPAD into the African Union”, and added that “NEPAD is the development agency of the African Union”.

The NEPAD Agency based in Midrand, South Africa, has new orientations focused on the implementation of projects and the achievement of concrete results on the field. “We have to move fast and pragmatically” , he said, stating that there would be no better way of upgrading the Agency’s communication system by staying in contact with its stakeholders, countries, regions, the private sector and civil society organisations.

The discussions provided a solid opportunity for the NEPAD Agency supremo to get Minister Eyebe Ayissi’s views, opinions and comments on the latest venture. He appreciated Cameroon for always taking the initiative to support the activities of NEPAD. He said that the discussions with Cameroon’s External Relations Minister would be sure to yield some very positive results.