Nants carpets Ecowas for signing EPA

The National Association of Nigerian Traders (Nants) has blasted leaders of the Economic Community for West African States (Ecowas) for secretly signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). In an open letter to the heads of state of Ecowas signed by the president of the National Association of Nigerian Traders (Nants), Ken Ukaoha, on behalf of civil society groups and private sector Organisations in the sub-region, the group alleged that information available to it from various sources indicated that majority of the Ecowas countries have signed the EPA agreement.