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Question For Nairalanders On Nigeria Signing EPA To Preserve Ecowas Unity by davitogreat(m): 5:31pm On Jul 28, 2014
As many of us already know, Nigeria have agreed to sign The Eu Ecowas agreement.
Though reports have surfaced that Nigeria only signed it to avoid fragmentation in west africa/ecowas.

Do you agree with Nigeria's decision? Do you think that Nigeria was correct to allow african unity to influence her decision to sign a deal that she was uncomfortable with? Or do you think Nigeria should have rejected the deal and ignored our african neighbors and focused solely on her own interests even though it might have led to fragmentation in ecowas?

You have to remember the government Just launched their industrial revolution plan and this deal could potentially affect it. Plus this deal wont be good for the manufacturing industries we have in Nigeria.

So what are your thoughts?

http://allafrica.com/stories/201407221229.html

The conclusion of the agreement follows nearly a decade of sometimes tense negotiation between the EU and ECOWAS – and between ECOWAS members themselves. At stake was the unity of the African grouping, torn between members like Ghana and Ivory Coast and Nigeria. The former two had made securing their tariff reductions inherited from the previous Lomé conventions a priority, while Nigeria was wary of singing unto an agreement it saw as constraining its policy space and endangering its industrial base.

The approval is a good sign for regional integration in West Africa in so far as fragmentation has been averted. The Nigerian government seems to have made the decision that sticking to its regional neighbours, which had by now all agreed on the compromise text, was more important than rejecting an agreement it had deep reservations about.

EPA negotiations will nevertheless leave a mark on EU West Africa relations. The agreement is, to this day, deeply unpopular in most countries in the region.


http://allafrica.com/stories/201407221229.html
The approval is a good sign for regional integration in West Africa in so far as fragmentation has been averted. The Nigerian government seems to have made the decision that sticking to its regional neighbours, which had by now all agreed on the compromise text, was more important than rejecting an agreement it had deep reservations about.
Re: Question For Nairalanders On Nigeria Signing EPA To Preserve Ecowas Unity by davitogreat(m): 10:00pm On Jul 29, 2014
very sad... not a single reply. The mentality of the average Nigerian is really pathetic.

and people wonder why africa is the way it is today...
Re: Question For Nairalanders On Nigeria Signing EPA To Preserve Ecowas Unity by Nobody: 10:43pm On Jul 29, 2014
this is a very bad step taken by the Nigerian govt. If other west African country mumu must we follow them mumu too all in the name of unity. unity my foot

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