Nigeria: EPA As 'Enslavement Partnership Agreement'

18 September 2017

BENJAMIN Mkapa, Tanzania's former President, has warned Nigeria to resist pressure to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement, (EPA), with the European Union, because according to him, such contracts are counterproductive. Mkapa sounded this warning as guest speaker at the 45th Annual general Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on September 14, 2017 in Lagos.

The former president noted, in a post event interview, with the media, "that such agreements are not in line with the aspirations of African countries." Consequently, Mkapa encouraged African countries to "undertake some degree of industrialization, to add value to their agricultural and primary products and natural resources and ultimately increase government revenue."

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