{"id":286575,"date":"2020-02-22T11:24:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T11:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebunaleshinloye.com\/?p=286575"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:52:25","slug":"afcfta-is-nigeria-losing-its-heft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebunaleshinloye.com\/?p=286575","title":{"rendered":"AfCFTA: Is Nigeria Losing its Heft?"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/%24s_%210Wqx%21%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F124701b8-e007-42b9-b3f2-143861a3b6aa_486x346.png?ssl=1\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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AfCFTA negotiator Wamkele Mene bested Nigeria\u2019s preferred candidate in the election of a secretary-general for AfCFTA.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should we wonder why Nigeria is playing <strong>second-eleven<\/strong> in this important trade initiative?<\/p><div class=\"image-link image2\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\"><div class=\"image2-inset\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!V5LY!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0892231f-16f1-410d-a542-7f99b6a63ae5_130x51.png 424w, https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!V5LY!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0892231f-16f1-410d-a542-7f99b6a63ae5_130x51.png 848w, 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