Report the First Meeting on the Trans-West African Highway Dakar-Lagos : Niamey, 14- 16 January 1974

Abstract

The first meeting on the Trans-West African Highway from Dakar to Lagos was held at Niamey, Niger, from 14 to 16 January 1974. The Minister welcomed the participants to the meeting. He said that despite the limited facilities available at Niamey, his Government would do its utmost to facilitate the task of the meeting. He explained that as the meeting held the preceding week had concerned the northern route, most of which traversed the Sahel, the present meeting was dedicated to the task of examining the Dakar-Lagos Highway link passing through Guinea Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Dahomey.