Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda (left), Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta (centre) and Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger sign the AfCFTA in Kigali on March 21, 2018. More than 40 African nations signed the Continental Free Trade Area agreement. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Nigeria’s steering committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Impact and Readiness Assessment will present its recommendations to President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2019, official said.
Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu made the announcement in a statement in Abuja, noting that Nigeria had not yet signed the AfCFTA agreement, which seeks to remove all restrictions to trade and investment within Africa.