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WEST-CENTRAL AFRICA DIVISION

Organized 2003

Territory: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo; comprising the Ghana Union Conference; and the Central African, Eastern Nigeria, North-Western Nigeria, Sahel, and West African Union Missions.

Statistics: Churches, 3,339; membership, 879,434; population, 356,098,000 (online statistics).

Telecommunications:

Telephone: 225 (22) 44-00-97, 44-06-15, 44-64-85.

Fax: 225 (22) 44-23-41.

Website: www.wad-adventist.org.

Addresses:

Street: Cocody, Rue du Belier Ilot 10; Abidjan; Cote d'Ivoire.

Mailing: 22 Boite Postale 1764; Abidjan 22; Cote d'Ivoire.

Administration:

President, Gilbert Wari (E-mail: show).

Secretary, Onaolapo Ajibade (E-mail: show); Associate, Sarah Opoku-Boateng; Assistant, Selom K. Sessou.

Treasurer, Emmanuel S. D. Manu (E-mail: show); Under Treasurer, Max Willy Langi; Assistants, Marie Acka, Apollos, Isaac Boadi-Mensah.

Executive Committee:

Gilbert Wari, Chair; Onaolapo Ajibade, Secretary; Edmund Boadu Adjei, Ray Allen, Valere Minyono Assembe, James Kwaku Badu, Nancy Bryant, Daniel Buor, Emmanuel Dike, N. John Enang, Herbert Giebel, Oscar Giordano, James M. Golay, Chiemela N. Ikonne, Jallah S. Karbah, Zakari Kassoule, Kwakfut, Chris Kwesi Lambert, Max Willy Langi, Samuel Adama Larmie, Celestine Lebogo, James A. K. Makinde, Emmanuel S. D. Manu, Andre Nda’a, Charles N’drin, Abraham Dada Obaya, Daniel Opoku-Boateng, Sarah Opoku-Boateng, Kingsley Osei, Oyeleke A. Owolabi, Brempong Owusu-Antwi, Guy F. Roger, Omobonike Sessou, Ademola S. Tayo, Odeyemi Tayo, Bassey Effiong Okon Udoh, L. Josephine Wari, WAD Communication Director.

Departments:

Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries, and Youth Ministries, N. John Enang.

Children's Ministries, and Women’s Ministries, Omobonike Sessou.

Education, Chiemela N. Ikonne; Associate, L. Josephine Wari.

Family Ministries, Jallah S. Karbah.

Health Ministries, Andre Nda’a.

Ministerial Association, Daniel Opoku-Boateng; Evangelism, Elie Weick-Dido; Shepherdess International, L. Josephine Wari.

Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, Gilbert Wari.

Publishing Ministries, Abraham Dada Obaya.

Sabbath School and Personal Ministries, Elie Weick-Dido.

Stewardship Ministries, and Trust Services, James Kwaku Badu.

Agency:

ADRA Africa Regional Office (Tri-division serving the East-Central Africa, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean, and West-Central Africa Divisions). Magadi Road; Ongata Rongai; Nairobi; Kenya. Mailing: Private Bag; Mbagathi 00503; Nairobi; Kenya. Telephone: 254 (20) 660-3623/4/5. E-mail: show. Director, Akintayo Odeyemi (E-mail: show); Finance Director, Kurt Schwardt; Programmes and Planning Director, Zivayi Nengomasha; Technical Advisor, Yetunde Odeyemi; Regional Sunplus Coordinator, David Ackah; Emergency Management Coordinator, Hannah Ndung’u; Administrative Assistant, Irene Ackah.

Ministries and Services:

Adventist AIDS International Ministry (Tri-division office serving the East-Central Africa, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean, and West-Central Africa Divisions). 30 Peter Place; Block B, Bryanston 2060; South Africa. Mailing: P.O. Box 1823; Cramerview 2060; South Africa. Telephone: 27 (11) 463-1501. Regional Director, Oscar Giordano (E-mail: show).

Adventist Muslim Relations, and Global Mission, Zakari Kassoule.

Adventist Volunteer Service Coordinator, Onaolapo Ajibade.

Adventist World Radio. Boite Postale 1751; Abidjan 08; Cote d'Ivoire. Telephone: 225 (22) 44-00-97, 44-06-15, 44-64-85. Studio Director, Selom K. Sessou.

Adventist World Radio, Africa Region (includes East-Central Africa, Southern Africa-Indian Ocean, and West-Central Africa Divisions). 1 Milbanke Court; Milbanke Way; Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1RP; England. Telephone: 44 (1344) 401-401. Fax: 44 (1344) 401-419. Region Director, Ray Allen; Program Coordinator, Vasili Makarchuk.

Auditing: See listing under General Conference Services.

Development, James Kwaku Badu.

Legal Affairs, Onaolapo Ajibade.

Spirit of Prophecy, N. John Enang.

Strategic Planning, Daniel Opoku-Boateng.
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