“Thanks to AfCFTA, the continent is no longer a helpless bystander as developed countries pursue their strategic interests at Africa’s expense.
According to the director, women and girls remain particularly vulnerable, and the continent is facing a potential reversal of the hard-won gains made on gender equity.
The paltry status of the ECA has again raised concerns about Mr Buhari’s incompetence to utilise the nation’s resources judiciously.
The ECA official likened the proposed New Deal to a similar deal by the U.S. between 1933 and 1939 during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt worth $41.7 billion.
For a continent already beset by poverty and a host of deadly diseases, Corona could only compound our misery.
