Lawan calls for improved trade between African countries
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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has called for more trade between African countries to further enhance their economic Independence as a continent.
Lawan made the call when the Namibian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Humphry Desmond Geiseb paid him a courtesy visit on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Senate President said, “we need to increase our level of trade because this is what will make us more independent.
“Once we are able to achieve a reasonable level of economic independence we can take major decisions as a continent when it comes to bilateral and even multilateral issues.
A counsel to Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the embattled former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Tosin Ojaomo, yesterday lamented that justice has not been served on Magu’s case.
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