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AfCFTA: Presidential C’ttee Meets Tuesday on Nigeria’s Membership
The presidential committee mandated to widen consultation on the framework on Nigeria’s participation in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will meet tuesday and submit its recommendation to President Muhammadu Buhari.
THISDAY exclusively gathered last night that the committee, to be presided over by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, will meet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The members will reflect on the diverse positions of major stakeholders from the series of consultations undertaken in the six geo-political zones by the Nigeria Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN).
Some of the members of the committee instituted on March 27, include Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Aisha Abubakar
THISDAY, June 19, 2018
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