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June 19, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will beguided by ‘‘national interest’’ in taking any decision on the agreementestablishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA.
The president stated this when he received NationalCouncil of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria led by its president,Mansur Ahmed, at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday.
President Buhari expressed his readiness to receivethe report of a Committee set up to assess the potential costs and impact ofsigning the agreement establishing the AfCFTA for Nigeria.
The Presidential Steering Committee on the AfCFTAImpact and Readiness Assessment Committee was inaugurated on October 22, 2018,with the mandate to assess the extent to which Nigeria was ready to join theagreement, and what the impact of doing so would be.
The Committee was initially given 12 weeks toconclude its assignment, after holding wide consultations with industry groupsand stakeholders, including the MAN.