CÔTE D’IVOIRE OFFICIALLY HANDS OVER THE KEYS TO THE PROVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE WEST AFRICAN HEALTH ORGANISATION (WAHO) IN GRAND-BASSAM

CÔTE D’IVOIRE OFFICIALLY HANDS OVER THE KEYS TO THE PROVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF THE WEST AFRICAN HEALTH ORGANISATION (WAHO) IN GRAND-BASSAM

The Minister of State for African Integration and Ivorians Abroad, H.E. Mr. Adama Dosso, presided over the official ceremony on Thursday 8th October 2026, on behalf of the Ivorian Government, to hand over the keys to the provisional headquarters of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), located within the Information Technology and Biotechnology Village (VITIB) in Grand-Bassam, Cote d’Ivoire.

The ceremony took place in the presence of Mr Moussa Sanogo, Minister for Urban Planning, Housing and the Living Environment, Mr Jean-Louis Moulot, Deputy Minister for Technical Education and Mayor of Grand-Bassam, Professor Palokinam PITCHÉ, Director-General of the WAHO, Ambassador Khare Diouf, ECOWAS Resident Representative in Côte d’Ivoire, as well as several institutional and administrative officials.The official handover of the keys marks a decisive step in the implementation of the decision taken on the 14th December 2025 in Abuja by the ECOWAS Conference of of Heads of State and Government to transfer the headquarters of the WAHO to Côte d’Ivoire.