{"id":7784,"date":"2013-08-05T16:20:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T16:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/pres-jonathan-tasks-african-leaders-on-boosting-intra-african-trade\/"},"modified":"2013-08-05T16:20:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T16:20:17","slug":"pres-jonathan-tasks-african-leaders-on-boosting-intra-african-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/pres-jonathan-tasks-african-leaders-on-boosting-intra-african-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Pres. Jonathan tasks African leaders on boosting Intra-African Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Citizens platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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President Goodluck Jonathan Monday in Abuja called on African leaders to take more concrete steps towards fulfilling their often declared commitment to improving trade and economic relations amongst African countries.<\/p>\n

Speaking at an audience with the outgoing Namibian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mrs. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, President Jonathan said that there was an urgent need for African leaders to move beyond declarations of support for greater intra-African trade and act in unison to overcome obstacles which currently hinder economic relations between the nations and people of the continent.<\/p>\n

He said that with the right political will and commitment, African leaders could speedily overcome all obstacles to intra-African trade such as poor transportation links and achieve a significant boost in continental economic interaction for the benefit of their countries and peoples.<\/p>\n

The President pledged that Nigeria will continue to spearhead and support efforts aimed at promoting regional and continental economic integration, saying that existing cordial political relations between most African countries will be further enhanced by greater trade and economic relations amongst them.<\/p>\n

He commended Mrs. Ashipala-Musavyi for working diligently to boost bilateral relations between Nigeria and Namibia during her tenure as High Commissioner in Abuja and wished her success at her new post in the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n

President Jonathan similarly commended Ghana\u2019s outgoing High Commissioner to Nigeria, Alhaji Baba Kamara whom he also received at the Presidential Villa on Monday.<\/p>\n

He noted that the bilateral relations between Nigeria and Ghana have been further strengthened in several areas during Alhaji Kamara\u2019s four-year tenure, President expressed the hope that the outgoing High Commissioner\u2019s successor will continue his good work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must continue to build and strengthen the cordial relations between us. We are the same people and colonial boundaries must not be allowed to keep us apart,\u201d President Jonathan told Alhaji Kamara.<\/p>\n

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