This Treaty transforms River Niger Commission into the Niger Basin Authority. The aim of the Authority is to promote the co-operation among member States and to ensure an integrated development of the Niger Basin in all fields, by developing its resources particularly in the fields of energy, water resources, agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing and fisheries, forestry exploitation transport, communications and industry.
This Convention was revised and replaced by the 1987 Revised Convention. This Convention does not replace The Act of Niamey relating to the Navigation and the Economic Co-operation between the States of the Niger Basin.
Title:
Convention creating the Niger Basin Authority, 1980.
Country:
Chad
Nigeria
Niger
Mali
Guinea
Cameroon
Côte D'Ivoire
Burkina Faso
Benin
Type of document:
Agreement
Date of text:
1980
Files:
Repealed:
Yes