The new chair takes over immediately

On 30 September 2021, the day following his designation as new chair od GWP-WA, Mr. Abdoulaye SENE officially took up office after hand over ceremony with the outgoing chair, Prof. Amadou Hama MAIGA.

The signature of the documents was done in the conference room of the GWP-WA regional Secretariat in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The event was attended by a selected number of regional and national partners including ECOWAS/WRMC, UEMOA, CILSS, VBA, Burkina’s Directorate of Water resources, IUCN-PACO, CWP Burkina, Niger IWRM Plan Permanent Secretary.

After farewell, acknowledgement words to the outgoing hair and welcome ones to the incoming one, both personalities were presented with symbolic gifts and a family remembrance group picture taken.