Niger Basin Authority

The Niger Basin Authority (NBA) (French Autorité du Bassin du Niger - ABN ) is an Intergovernmental Organisation in West Africa, which has the cooperation of the states bordering Niger in management and in the development of the resources of the Niger basin to the destination. The organization is based Niamey, you include all States of the Niger Basin at (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria).

Inspired by the Tennessee Valley Authority, the NBA / ABN was founded as Niger Commission in 1964 in Faranah in Guinea and in 1980 revived in its current form. It has its headquarters in the Nigerien capital Niamey, as official languages ​​are English and French used.