Regulation C/REG. 10/12/06 Relating to Payment of Compensatory Housing Allowance to the Professional Staff of the Community

Jurisdiction
African Regional Bodies · Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Date
19 December 2006
Language
English
Type
Legislation
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Economic Community of West African States

Regulation C/REG. 10/12/06 Relating to Payment of Compensatory Housing Allowance to the Professional Staff of the Community

The Council of Ministers,MINDFUL of Articles 10, 11 and 12 of the ECOWAS Treaty as amended in June 2006 establishing the Council of Ministers and defining its composition and functions;MINDFUL of Article 69 of the Treaty relating to the budgets of the Community Institutions;MINDFUL of Article 32(a) of the ECOWAS Staff Regulations of 2005 relating to housing allowances for the professional staff members of the Community Institutions;CONSIDERING that the Community has to provide residential accommodation for staff members in Member States where ECOWAS Institutions and Agencies are located;ON THE RECOMMENDATION of the thirty-sixth session of the Administration and Finance Commission, held in Abuja from 22 to 27 November 2006 and in Ouagadougou on 15 and 16 December 2006;ENACTS

Article 1

1.Compensatory housing allowances, calculated on the basis of current costs of rented property in the duty stations of staff of the Community are hereby granted for staff to whom residential accommodation is not provided for.
2.The approved housing allowances are as follows:
a)Abuja:Professional staff UA 9,194Directors UA 13,520
b)Cotonou, Lome, Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso:Professional staff UA 4,436Directors UA 6,971
c)Dakar:Professional staff UA 7,605Directors UA 10,140
d)Banjul:Professional staff UA 4,869Directors UA 6,261

Article 2

This Regulation shall be published in the Official Journal of the Community by the Commission within thirty (30) days of its signature by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. It shall also be published within the same time frame in the National Gazette of each Member State.
Done at Ouagadougou, this 19th day of December, 2006Hon. Aichatou Mindaoudou,Chairperson, for the Council
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