He promised to sign the agreement when he’s done going through it to ensure that it’s for the good of Nigerians. President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he is yet to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) agreement because he has not finished reading the fine print.The president disclosed this when he met with South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, in Abuja on Thursday, July 12, 2018.The president had previously pulled out of the signing of the continental free trade agreement on March 21, 2018, saying that he needed more time for consultations back home.While addressing a press briefing on Wednesday, the president said he hasn’t finished going through the document because he’s a slow reader. He promised to sign the agreement when he’s done going through it to ensure that it’s for the good of Nigerians.He said, “In trying to guarantee employment, goods, and services in our country, we have to be careful with agreements that will compete, maybe successfully, against our upcoming industries.”I am a slow reader, maybe because I was an ex-soldier. I didn’t read it fast enough before my officials saw that it was all right for signature. I kept it on my table. I will soon sign it.”Even though Ramaphosa had also refused to sign the $3 trillion agreement in March, he put pen to paper at the African Union summit in Mauritania in June.

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