Buhari seeks acceleration of Africa’s economic integration

Posted By: frank January 29, 2016In:

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night called for intensification of intra-African trade and acceleration of the pace of economic integration across the continent.
He spoke at a banquet in his honour at the conclusion of his state visit to Kenya.
President Buhari, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the expansion of trade relations between Nigeria and Kenya in recent years should be replicated by all other African countries to speed up the pace of economic development on the continent.
He said: “We now have Nigerian industrialists establishing cement plants in Kenya, while Nigerian telecommunications operators are learning and adopting the Kenyan mobile banking model as a tool for financial inclusion in rural Nigeria.
“We have Nigerian farmers coming to learn from successful Kenyan farms while at the same time, we have many up and coming Kenyan oil and gas businesses partnering with Nigerian oil companies.