Nigeria
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16-Jul-2018 Daily Post
Buhari gives condition to sign Africa free trade agreement
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will only be signatory to the Continental Free Trade Agreement if the nation’s national interests as well as regional and international obligations are balanced.
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12-Jul-2018 Africa News
Buhari promet de signer l’accord de libre-échange continental "bientôt"
Le Président nigérian Muhammadu Buhari a annoncé que le Nigeria pourrait bientôt rejoindre la Zone de libre-échange continental.
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12-Jul-2018 Reuters
Nigeria’s President Buhari says will soon sign up to African free-trade agreement
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said the country will sign up soon to a $3 trillion African free-trade agreement.
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27-Jun-2018 The Guardian.ng
MAN kicks against Nigeria’s ratification of African free trade agreement
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) said the issues raised by major stakeholders, including those expressed by manufacturers, still remained unattended to.
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18-Jun-2018 Punch
AfCFTA: Stakeholders seek safeguards against imports, dumping surge
Stakeholders in the Organised Private Sector have called for safeguards against a sudden surge in imports that may follow Nigeria’s eventual signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement.
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29-May-2018 Business Day
The free trade myth
Eschewing the ACFTA and EPA may be a blessing in disguise for Nigeria.
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7-May-2018 SOL
The EU caught in the trap of Nigeria’s refusal to sign the West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement and the Continental Free Trade Area
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria very explicitly stated to the new Ambassador of the European Union that Nigeria was determined not to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement for West Africa.
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7-May-2018 SOL
L’UE prise au piège du refus du Nigéria de signer l’Accord de partenariat économique d’Afrique de l’Ouest et la Zone de libre-échange continental
Le Président Muhammadu Buhari du Nigéria a déclaré très explicitement au nouvel ambassadeur de l’Union européenne due le Nigéria était déterminé à ne pas signer l’Accord de Partenariat Economique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest.
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26-Apr-2018 This Day
Eight lessons on imperatives of private sector-driven AfCFTA
It appears from all indications that the African private sector is either kept at the back door or yet to be given a pride of place in the AfCFTA process.
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13-Apr-2018 This Day
Nigeria may lose over 60% port revenue to AfCFTA, common ECOWAS tariff
The implementation of common ECOWAS tariff will make Nigeria lose businesses because it means that once a tariff is paid in one country, no other tariff will be paid in any other country in West Africa.
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6-Apr-2018 Punch
Why Nigeria didn’t sign Economic Partnership Agreement –Buhari
The President said he had been reluctant to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement among ECOWAS countries because of the need to protect the economy, especially the industries and small businesses that currently provide jobs for majority of Nigerians.
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21-Mar-2018 The Independent (Uganda)
Uganda to review Africa Free Trade Area pact
Uganda, in many ways like Nigeria, will investigate concerns by a sector of the business community before making major commitments.
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20-Mar-2018 Business Day
FG commences wider consultations on CFTA
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said his government has already commenced wider consultations on the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, CFTA.
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19-Mar-2018 Africa News
Le Nigeria suspend sa participation à l’accord de libre-échange de l’Union Africaine
Le président nigérian a annoncé qu’il ne se rendrait pas au Rwanda, où est prévu un Sommet extraordinaire de l’Union Africaine, parce que certains actionnaires nigérians ont fait savoir qu’ils n’ont pas été consultés.
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19-Mar-2018 Yahoo
Nigeria skips African summit in blow to free trade deal
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will not attend the African Union summit in Rwanda because certain key stakeholders in Nigeria indicated that they had not been consulted.
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14-Mar-2018 Vanguard
MAN cautions FG on free trade agreements
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria urges the Nigerian government not succumb to the pressure by the European Union to sign the EU-ECOWAS Economic Partnership Agreement as well as the African Continental Free Trade Area.
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12-Mar-2018 Vanguard
Don’t sign CFTA, Labour; ex-NACCIMMA boss, others beg Buhari
Organised labour pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari not to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement CFTA.
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2-Jan-2018 Petro Barometer
Leaked documents reveal how Shell blackmailed Nigeria in Malabu deal
Shell used an arbitration case it filed with the International Centre for the Settlement of International Disputes to railroad the government into brokering truce between it and Malabu Oil and Gas Ltd, its estranged erstwhile partner and the original licensee.
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18-Sep-2017 Vanguard
EPA as ‘Enslavement partnership agreement’
Tanzania’s former President has warned Nigeria to resist pressure to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement, (EPA), with the European Union, because according to him, such contracts are counterproductive.
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31-Aug-2017 Investir au Cameroun
Le gouvernement camerounais évoque la possibilité de signer un accord de partenariat économique avec le Nigéria
Le patronat camerounnais et le ministre du Commerce ont récemment discuté de « la nécessité d’avoir un Accord de partenariat économique (APE) avec le Nigéria »
