Governance Organs

The bodies of the WAAID are :

    the Steering Committee ;
    the Directorate of the WAAID.

The Steering Committee's remit is to :

    to propose periodically for adoption by WAAID, the overall mission and management policy of the WAAID;
    Approve the operational strategy of the WAAID and its update;
    appointing the auditors, reviewing and approving the annual financial statements;
    Approve the annual work plan and operating budget submitted by the WAAID Directorate;
    Approve the functional organisation chart of the WAAID;
    appoint the Director, evaluate his/her performance and terminate his/her duties if necessary;
    to approve the proposed appointment of the Senior Managers;
    authorise applications for the Advisory Fund (CF) and the Private Infrastructure Providers Fund (PIPF);
    Approve the submissions of the WAAID Directorate for the distribution/allocation of CF and IPPF funds;
    Approve the commitments and expenditures of the Advisory Fund (CF) and the Developers Fund (DF);
    approve the risk management plan, financial audit and control procedures of the WAAID;
    to approve the rules of procedure and the accounting, financial, administrative and human resources management manuals;
    monitor the performance of the WAAID in accordance with its missions;
    Conduct from time to time the performance review of the WAAID and make recommendations to Statutory Authorities. The periodicity of the review should be specified in the procedures manual.

The Director is responsible for :

    act as the main representative in communicating with all key stakeholders;
    implement the decisions of the Steering Committee;
    represent in all civil acts and act as its legal representative;
    initiate and conduct the recruitment of staff in accordance with the relevant organisational chart and procedures adopted by the Steering Committee;
    Organising and coordinating all the activities of the WAAID;
    managing the Unit's assets ;
    sign contracts within the limits agreed by the Steering Committee;
    Order expenditure within the limit set by the Steering Committee;
    Recruit experts, suppliers and consultants for services related to the proper functioning of the Unit according to the workload plans of the assigned staff;
    Direct and supervise the staff of WAAID in their day-to-day operations, and report to the Steering Committee;
    ensure a good image of the Unit through the quality of the projects presented;
    carry out any other mission assigned to it by the Steering Committee.

 
Steering Committee

Agbeviade Hamadou Galley
Director in charge of Operations
 
Bawara Ntifa Kokou
Director in charge of Finance

Semodji Nabagou
Director in charge of Legal Affairs
 
Logoh Fofana
Director in charge of Procurement/ Bids and Awards Committee

Jennifer Afi Amenyo
Director in charge of Secretariate

Mustapha Issa Iddrisu
Director in charge of Infrastructure

Agbolossou Gilbert, PhD
CEO of the WAAID
 
Dr Agbolossou Gilbert is a graduate engineer from the Ecole des Mines d'Alès (France) and has a PhD in civil engineering from the University of Montpellier II (France). Following a rich career in the public works, transport, energy, mining and hydraulics sector in Togo, where he served in the senior civil service, he joined WAAID in 2015 as the person in charge of transport management. He continued his career in the Infrastructure Department where he successively held the positions of Infrastructure Programme Officer, then Acting Principal Programme Officer for Air Transport before being appointed following a recruitment process as CEO of WAAID.