{"id":9116,"date":"2018-03-18T21:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9116"},"modified":"2018-03-18T21:37:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:37:43","slug":"we-need-more-stakeholders-consultations-before-signing-african-continental-free-trade-agreement","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/we-need-more-stakeholders-consultations-before-signing-african-continental-free-trade-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"We need more stakeholders consultations before signing African Continental Free Trade agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page-header\" class=\"stage-pod\">\n<div class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"page-header-title flush-top flush-bottom\"><strong>Thus, President Buhari Cancelled Trip To Rwanda<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"page-header-toolbar\">\n<div class=\"page-header-share\">\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style add-this\">\n<div class=\"atclear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"page-header-tabs\">President Muhammadu Buhari canceled his scheduled next Tuesday\u2019s trip to Kigali, Rwanda, to sign the framework agreement for establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area to allow for more consultations with stakeholders in Nigeria over the trade agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"page-content\">\n<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system\">\n<div class=\"panel-story-page-layout panel-display clearfix\">\n<div class=\"stage-pod\">\n<div class=\"container container-pod\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-medium-8 col-large-9\">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-node-content\">\n<div class=\"ds-1col node node-story node-promoted node-sticky taxonomy-international view-mode-full  clearfix\">\n<div class=\"story-content\">\n<p>The spokesperson for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tope Elias-Fatile, in a statement issued on Sunday said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari has canceled his trip to Kigali, Rwanda to attend an Extra-Ordinary Summit of the African Union on Tuesday, March 21, to sign the framework agreement for establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded  centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.saharareporters.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/normal_medium\/public\/Buhari-Arrives-min.jpg?itok=p8Uo-IyH\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><span class=\"block-story-object-content\"><span class=\"block-story-object-content-header\"><span class=\"block-story-object-content-header-description\">President Muhammadu Buhari<\/span><\/span><span class=\"block-story-object-content-footer\"><span class=\"block-story-object-content-footer-item block-story-object-content-footer-item-attribution\">Oriental Times<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to allow more time for input from Nigerian stakeholders,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Sources at the Presidency revealed to that the President would not be attending the event but reasons for the cancellation was not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The Continental Free Trade Agreement which would open the shores of the country to other African countries has generated diverse reaction with stakeholders standing for and against the free trade agreement the country is to enter into.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Labour Congress had in a statement issued early last said that the agreement will lead to a collapse of the Nigerian manufacturing sector and loss of jobs.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Federal Executive Council headed by the Vice President had on Wednesday, March 13, 2018, approved that Nigeria signs the agreement with fellow African countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thus, President Buhari Cancelled Trip To Rwanda President Muhammadu Buhari canceled his scheduled next Tuesday\u2019s trip to Kigali, Rwanda, to sign the framework agreement for establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area to allow for more consultations with stakeholders in Nigeria over the trade agreement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. 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