He said President Muhammadu Buhari did not sign the agreement in March because he wanted to satisfy the demands of the private sector. On March 21, 2018, 44 African heads of state and government officials met in Kigali, Rwanda, to sign the framework to establish the AfCFTA. Osinbajo said, “Many felt, as we went into the whole process, that sufficient consultations haven’t been done. Let me explain how it works: First, there is a framework; then the actual negotiations, and the actual negotiations haven’t started. Really, we are not saying we are going to negotiate the framework; the framework is already there.

Source: Punch May 31, 2018 23:03 UTC