The Federal Government has launched a sensitisation programme to help Nigerian businesses access trade opportunities under the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The programme, implemented through the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS), began in Bauchi with a workshop for business owners, entrepreneurs and chambers of commerce from the North-East.
Speaking at the workshop, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye, said the initiative was designed to bring the benefits of Nigeria’s foreign policy closer to citizens, particularly businesses and entrepreneurs at the grassroots.
The workshop, themed “Increasing Intra-Regional Trade through ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS),” is part of the government’s 4D foreign policy agenda, which places Nigerians at the centre of the country’s foreign relations.
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Enikanolaiye said, “The initiative will educate Nigerian businesses on opportunities within ECOWAS and the African Continental Free Trade Area.”
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