25. He was recruited by contract of employment No. ECW/REL/1/ADM/356/KK of ECOWAS, dated August 2, 2004, as an Administration and Finance Program Officer in the Mission Planning and Management Unit of the ECOWAS Commission; (Exhibit No. 1-a) 26. He performed from August 30, 2004, the date of entry into force of the said contract, with conscientiousness and professionalism, all missions and tasks relating to his service until October 22, 2013, the date on which the ECOWAS Commissioner responsible for Administration and Finance notified him of the end of his contract by letter No. ECW/PER/01/01-00124-P/22-10/aca; (Exhibit No. 1-b) 27. Wherefore, Mr. GNIMAGNON Francis Elie has rendered nine (9) years 3 months of service to ECOWAS; 28. All his allowances were paid to him by the ECOWAS Directorate of Administration and Human Resources, with the exception of the separation allowance; 29. The value of said separation allowance corresponds to the number of years of service, multiplied by the employee's monthly base salary; 30. The monthly base salary of Mr. GNIMAGNON Francis Elie is UA 2,800.59, i.e., two million six hundred and twelve thousand two hundred and seventy six FCFA (2,612,276); (Exhibit No. 1-c). 31. That ECOWAS, therefore, owes Mr. GNIMAGNON, as part of the separation allowance, the sum of twenty-three million five hundred and ten thousand four hundred and eighty-four FCFA (23,510,484). 32. Mr SOGOYOU Cossi: 8