{"id":45297,"date":"2026-02-14T20:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/?p=45297"},"modified":"2026-02-14T20:32:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:32:51","slug":"ohada-presidency-togo-takes-over-from-chad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/ohada-presidency-togo-takes-over-from-chad\/","title":{"rendered":"OHADA Presidency: Togo Takes Over from Chad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s4\">The handover of the OHADA Presidency from the Republic of Chad to the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Re<\/span><span class=\"s4\">public of <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Togo took place on 13 February 2026 in Lom\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s4\">In <\/span><span class=\"s4\">his<\/span> <span class=\"s4\">opening<\/span> <span class=\"s4\">remarks<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, Professor <strong>Mayatta Ndiaye MBAYE<\/strong>, Permanent Secretary of OHADA, set the context for the proceedings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s4\">His Excellency Dr <strong>Youssouf TOM<\/strong>, Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals and Minister for Human Rights of Chad, and outgoing Chair of the Council of Ministers, presented an overview of his country\u2019s tenure at the helm of the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Organisation<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, highlighting key achievements and outlining priority areas for OHADA\u2019s continued advancement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s4\">His Excellency <strong>Pac\u00f4me <\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"s4\">Missiame<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s4\"><strong> Amenyo ADJOUROUVI<\/strong>, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Togo, and incoming Chair of the Council of Ministers, paid tribute to his predecessor and reaffirmed his commitment, under the leadership of the President of the Council of the Togolese Republic and in close cooperation with the States Parties and the Institutions of the <\/span><span class=\"s4\">Organisation<\/span><span class=\"s4\">, to further the ongoing <\/span><span class=\"s4\">modernisation<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> of the legal and institutional framework governing business activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s4\">The handover was <\/span><span class=\"s4\">formalised<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> through the transfer of the symbols of office\u2014namely the flag, the gavel and the official seal of OHADA\u2014as well as the signing of the relevant minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"s5\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s4\">The assumption of office by the new Chair of the Council of Ministers entails that His Excellency <strong>Faure <\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"s4\">Essozimna<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"s4\"><strong> GNASSINGBE<\/strong>, President of the Council of the Togolese Republic, assumes the office of Chair of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of OHADA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-45297 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/passation_pcm_022026_8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/passation_pcm_022026_8-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/passation_pcm_022026_8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/passation_pcm_022026_8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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the Republic of Chad to the Republic of Togo took place on 13 February 2026 in Lom\u00e9. In his opening remarks, Professor Mayatta Ndiaye MBAYE, Permanent Secretary of OHADA, set the context for the proceedings. His Excellency Dr Youssouf TOM, Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":45277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[532,440,207],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45297"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45298,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45297\/revisions\/45298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohada.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}