President Muhammadu Buhari has called on African countries to expand their participation in international trade in order to grow African export trade beyond the current 3 per cent.
The president said this on Monday in Lagos at the 9th United African Shippers’ Council meeting theme ‘African Continental Free Trade Agreement: A veritable platform for African shippers to mainstream into global trade’ hosted by the Nigerian Shippers Council.
Buhari also said the expansion of African export trade will help to create wealth, generate employment, reduce poverty on a larger scale and transform the African economies.