•Demand action to boost intra-African trade
President Bola Tinubu and former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, called for the strengthening of regional economic communities to drive integration, strengthen trade ties among nations, deepen democracy and accelerate development across the continent.
They said that through bitter experience, Nigeria had learned that the solution to poor democratic governance was to have more democracy. Represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima in Abuja during a Summit on the State of Democracy in Africa, Tinubu called for the revitalisation of sub-regional blocs, like the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) as vehicles to usher in an era of robust intra-African commerce, economic growth and job creation.
He said: “The immense potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
