Leaders from 44 African countries
on Wednesday signed an agreement to form a $2.5 trillion continental free-trade
zone, but Nigeria was absent.
The free-trade zone is the largest
in the world since the creation of the World Trade Organisation in 1995.
Deliberations on the free-trade
zone begun in 2015 and was originally projected to capture 55 countries.
At the African Union summit in
Kigali, Rwanda, Paul Kagame, host president, declared the meeting a success
after initial negotiations were concluded.
President Muhammadu Buhari had
been initially scheduled to attend the summit and sign the agreement after the
federal executive council gave its approval at its March 14 meeting.
The trip was cancelled on Sunday,
March 18 and the presidency did not give a reason for the development.
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