Ivorian Marcel Amon-Tanoh dismissed as head of the Council of the Entente

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2023-09-11 17:31:59

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In a letter addressed to the Togolese Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, current president of the Council of the Entente, members of the executive secretariat of this regional organization denounced last June, a “financial mismanagement” of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ivory Coast. This Monday, September 11, 2023, an extraordinary council of ministers sealed his fate by replacing him with the Ivorian, Ambassador Ouattara Wautabona, the Director General of African Integration and former expert of the Institution.

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Nepotism, non-compliance with texts regarding recruitment and human resources management, non-compliance with spending and procurement procedures, abuses in the management of the construction project of the Tour Entente in Abidjan, etc., these are among other grievances brought against the now former Executive Secretary of the Council of the Entente by around twenty employees, statutory staff and civil servants of the executive secretariat of this sub-regional institution based in Abidjan, the Ivorian economic capital.

Traced back to the Togolese president, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, moreover, current president of the Conseil de l’Entente and to Alassane Ouattara, the Ivorian Head of State, these accusations have finally sunk the Ivorian official who during An extraordinary council of ministers this Monday, September 11, 2023 was replaced by his compatriot Ambassador Ouattara Wautabona, expert on issues related to African integration. Marcel Amon Tanoh is accused of “significant abuses in the management of the organization”.

Kouamé L.-Ph. Arnaud KOUAKOU

Burkina24 correspondent in Ivory Coast

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