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AfCFTA Implementation Strategy, 2022

Operationalises the African Continental Free Trade Agreement domestic implementation.

Statutory basis

African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (ratified by Nigeria, 11 November 2020)

Implements Nigeria's commitments under the AfCFTA Agreement, in force from 1 January 2021. The Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN) leads domestic coordination; the National Action Committee on AfCFTA (NACC) coordinates sectoral implementation. Nigeria's first commercial shipment under AfCFTA preferential terms departed Onne Port for Kenya in October 2022.

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Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.