Nigeria Supports Regional Common Tariff, Customs Union – FG
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The federal government has assured Ministers of member countries of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS), on its support for regional common tariff and customs union towards trade liberalisation, industrialisation and integration.
The minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, stated this at the 4th ECOWAS Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Abuja, with the theme: ‘Information Exchange and Cooperation Amongst Customs Administrations as a Concerted Response to Obstacles to the Free Movement of Goods, Security Challenges and the Resurgence of Illicit Trafficking’.
She also noted that the move to establish the ECOWAS Customs Union remains a pertinent issue that should be vigorously pursued in order to facilitate free trade and industrialisation towards shared prosperity for people in the sub-region.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the minister of Finance (Media and Communications), Mr Paul Ella Abechi, said the minister made it clear that Nigeria will continue to be on the vanguard to champion and foster regional economic development and trade facilitation in the sub-region.
