…Zone and the neighbouring Government Guest House in Gumel, in a move aimed at boosting cross-border trade, investment and economic activities in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports and Culture, Sagir Musa, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the State Executive Council mee…

…innovation, promote entrepreneurship, empower women and young people, and facilitate cross-border trade,” Darbo said. He noted that despite their enormous contribution to regional economies, a large proportion of MSMEs still operate informally, restricting their access to finance, technology, business support services…

…burden of developing separate processing facilities in every country and promote cross-border trade and industrial cooperation. The minister said African countries needed to replace competition among themselves with strategic interdependence. He noted that the continent’s mineral resources were distributed across diffe…

…leading to avoidable economic losses for farmers, traders and businesses that depend on cross-border trade,” the statement said. ORO disclosed that several diplomatic efforts had been made to resolve the impasse, including engagements with trader associations in Ghana and interventions by the ECOWAS Trade Directorate t…