The election of Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas as the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS means that Dr George Yankey, the Ghanaian Director of the ECOWAS Development Bank, will lose his job. At their recent meeting in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, the ECOWAS Heads of States voted out Dr Yankey and asked that his position be taken over by a citizen of Benin.
Dr Yankey had, in previous months, resisted government calls on him to step down from the position to pave way for Dr Chambas’ quest for the Executive Secretary position. Now, with the election of Dr Chambas, a section of the public has complained that Dr Yankey has been sacrificed.
Dr Chambas, however, thinks otherwise. According to him, it was obvious that Dr. Yankey was going to find difficulty maintaining his position, because he did not have the support of his country.
Dr Chambas explained working with ECOWAS is always based on the support one’s country since the whole system is operated like a multilateral organization. He revealed that the Dr Yankey, like many others at the ECOWAS Secretariat had very little legal protection to guarantee the safety of their jobs and suggested that legal procedures be instituted in the appointment of people to ECOWAS positions.
Source: GhanaWeb
