Vera Songwe urges Nigeria to join AfCFTA
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Saturday urged Nigeria to join the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) movement after appropriate consultations and offered ECA support to help the West African country join South Africa and 48 other countries in signing the AfCFTA. At the recent African Union Summit held in Nouakchott, capital of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, South Africa, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Lesotho and Burundi joined the 44 countries that had already signed the AfCFTA, which seeks, among other things, to create a single continental market for goods and services thereby boosting trade between African countries. The ECA Chief urged African countries to diversify their economies saying this would be a huge game-changer on the continent. Professor Adedeji was celebrated by many who attended the symposium for being a towering and fearless proponent of regional integration in Africa who pushed Africa’s development agenda at every opportunity
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| Language: | eng |
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2018-07
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/45850 |
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