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.
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Camerún, Guinea, Malí, Níger, Nigeria, Chad · 1980-01-01