Tag: AfCFTA
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BREAKING: Buhari signs AfCFTA agreement in Niamey
President Muhammad Buhari has signed the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement. The signing has just taken place at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on AfCFTA and the First Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities in Niamey, Niger Republic. Buhari appended his signature to…
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Buhari jets to Niamey for AU, AfCTFA today
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Saturday for Niamey, Niger Republic to attend the African Union (AU) Summit, scheduled to hold on July 7. President Buhari will participate in the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the First Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the AU…
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Why Nigerian government must sign AfCFTA agreement – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the Federal Government to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFT) agreement. Obansanjo made the call at the ongoing 2019 Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on Thursday in Moscow Russia. He said Nigeria had no justifiable reason why it had not signed the agreement as countries like Eritrea, Niger…
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National interest will guide decision on AfCFTA – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said Nigeria will be guided by ‘‘national interest’’ in taking any decision on the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). He made the remark while receiving National Council of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) led by its president, Engr Mansur Ahmed, at the State House, Abuja.…
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AfCFTA: Nigeria too big to sign agreements blindly – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that Nigeria is too big and too diverse to blindly sign agreements without understanding the consequences of such actions. Buhari made the remark while receiving representatives of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) led by its President, Mr Babatunde Ruwase, at the Presidential Villa. A…
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Ignore pressure to sign-on to AfCFTA agreement – MAN advises FG
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged the Federal Government to ignore pressure from certain quarters in the industry to urgently sign-on to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Dr Frank Jacobs, President of MAN, made the appeal at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos, tagged: “Matters arising on the AfCFTA”. AfCFTA…
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Shoprite as metaphor for AfCFTA, By Henry Boyo
By Henry Boyo The South Africa President, Cyril Ramaphosa, was in Abuja earlier, this month (July 2018), to participate in the 25th anniversary and annual General meeting of the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank). Ramaphosa, used the opportunity to call on Nigeria, not to delay signing the agreement for the African Continental Free Trade…
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AfCFTA : Four months after, Buhari promises to sign African trade deal
…says I’m not a slow reader President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that he would soon sign the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). Recall that on March 21 in Kigali, Rwanda, a summit attended by 44 African leaders adopted and signed the agreement establishing the AfCFTA. Recall also that the Nigerian Office for Trade…