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July 6, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has left Abuja for Nigerto attend the African Union Summit holding in Niamey, the country’s capital.
The President departed the country on Saturday morning to join other African leaders.
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Buhari’s departure was confirmed in a tweet by theFederal Government. President Buhari departed Abuja this morning for Niamey,Niger Republic to attend the African Union ,AU Summit, scheduled to hold onJuly 7.
The President is expected to participate in the 12thExtraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on African Continental FreeTrade Area and the First Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the AU and theRegional Economic Communities in Niamey.
The Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of theUnion is expected to launch the operational instruments of the Agreementestablishing AfCFTA.
The instruments include AfCFTA Rules of Origin,Tariff Concession Portals, Portal on Monitoring and Elimination of Non-TariffBarriers, Digital Payments and Clearing Systems and African Trade andObservatory Dashboard.