Breaking: Buhari signs AfCFTA agreement
He gave the endorsement in Niamey, Niger Republic, making Nigeria the 53rd state on the continent to append its signature to the document.
Buhari signed the agreement around 10.48 am local time, as the first event at the opening of the 12th Extra Ordinary Summit of the African Union on launch of the Operational Phase of the AfCFTA.The President had delayed in signing the agreement to give room for extensive consultations with stakeholders.The committee had recommended that Nigeria should sign the agreement.
Twenty four countries have already ratified the AfCFTA which is expected to be the world’s largest free trade area since the formation of the World Trade Organization with a potential market of 1.2 billion people and a Gross Domestic Product of $2 5 trillion, across all 55 member states of the African Union.
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