Are the RECs building or stumbling blocks to the success of the AfCFTA
Indeed, the RECs should in true sense provide the building “blocs” for the AfCFTA rather than being the stumbling blocks.
Prince Nwafuru is a Partner at The Law Suite (a full-service commercial law firm based in Lagos Nigeria) where he amongst other things chairs the International Trade, Investment and Maritime Practice of the Firm. He has represented and advised local and international clients on a wide range of non-exhaustive practice areas such as commercial arbitration & litigation, cross-border trade and investment disputes, commercial transactions, capital market, startups and technology among others. Before co-founding TLS, Prince was a Sector Head, Arbitration and Capital Market Disputes at a top commercial Nigerian law firm in Lagos, where he doubled as the Deputy Leader of the Firm’s Financial Services, Corporate Services and Taxation Practice Group. Prince had worked with the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) AfCFTA Committee charged with the responsibility of coordinating the NBA inputs on the AfCFTA Phase II Negotiations in 5 priority service sectors particularly as it relates to legal services. The NBA AfCFTA Committee interfaced with the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations and AfCFTA National Action Committee in discussing the Schedule of Specific Commitments on Trade in Services.
Indeed, the RECs should in true sense provide the building “blocs” for the AfCFTA rather than being the stumbling blocks.
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