The Niger Basin Authority (NBA) is holding a virtual Extraordinary Meeting of its Technical Committee of Experts (TCE) on October 22nd, 2025, preparatory to the Extraordinary Session of the Council of Ministers, also scheduled to take place online on November 7th, 2025. The meetings of these two NBA governance bodies are part of the ongoing revitalization process of the inter-governmental institution, which works to promote cooperation between member countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad), and to ensure integrated, sustainable, inclusive, and resilient development in the Niger Basin.
Chaired by Mr. Roger Baro, Minister of Environment, Water, and Sanitation of Burkina Faso and Chairman of the NBA Council of Ministers (CM), the meeting will bring together representatives of the nine member countries, Technical and Financial Partners, and officials of the Executive Secretariat of the Trans-boundary Basin Organization.
The Chairman, along with the eight other Supervising Ministers, members of the Council of Ministers, and the Executive Secretary, Mr. Kocou Armand HOUANYE, are centering discussions of these meetings on a new strategic departure for NBA and regional solidarity. The experts will review key issues relating to: (i) NBA’s financial situation; (ii) the progress of the new headquarters construction project; (iii) the poor performance of PIDACC/NB (Integrated Programme for Development and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Niger Basin), which is in its sixth year of operation; and (iv) the preparation of the 13th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Niger Basin, scheduled to take place in the first quarter of 2026.
This work reflects the member countries’ desire to make the Niger Basin Authority a top-tier institution, offering diversified, innovative, high-quality services to its member countries with significant impact in its fields of operation, to advance sustainable development and the standard of living of the riparian population.
