Only 8.6% of West Africa’s $166bn Trade Remains Within Region, Says Foreign Minister Tuggar

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has decried the persistently low volume of intra-regional trade in West Africa, despite the region’s exports of goods valued at over $166 billion in 2024. Tuggar, speaking at the ongoing West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) 2025 in Abuja, noted that a staggering 91.4% of this trade [...]The post Only 8.6% of West Africa’s $166bn Trade Remains Within Region, Says Foreign Minister Tuggar appeared first on Tekedia.

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