The Director of the Customs Union and Taxation at the ECOWAS Commission Salifou Tiemtoré and Jules Tapsoba, Coordinator of the West African Fiscal Transition Support Program at the ECOWAS Commission announced on Thursday, December 28, 2023 that the States of the Community announced on Thursday, December 28, 2023 that the States of the Community Economic authorities in West Africa (ECOWAS) are now equipped to better manage their taxation

From 2020 to the end of 2023, ECOWAS States benefited from the Fiscal Transition Support Programme (PATF) which equipped them with the technical tools necessary to broaden their tax bases; strengthen the fight against fraud, tax evasion, illicit financial flows and corruption. The program coordinator indicated that more than 95% of the PATF had been implemented as of December 15, 2023. It is financed to the tune of 10 million euros, or 6,544,670,199 FCFA by the European Union style="font-family: