[GALLERY] Active deliberations by West African CGs characterise ATAF Council Meeting
ATAF Communication • May 06, 2022
The Togolese Revenue Authority hosted ATAF's roundtable on regional revenue mobilisation. Several West African countries were represented, where their Commissioner Generals actively participated in the deliberations. Take a look at who was present:
Logan Wort, ATAF Executive Secretary and Philippe Tchodie, ATAF Chairperson.
(L) Pascal Ruganintwali, Commissioner General: Rwanda Revenue Authority, Logan Wort, ATAF Executive Secretary, Philippe Tchodie, ATAF Chairperson and Mary Baine, ATAF Deputy Executive Secretary and Head of Member Services and Domestic Resource Mobilisation
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