{"id":2005,"date":"2025-02-17T18:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T18:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2025-02-20T07:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:34:17","slug":"nigeria-strengthens-africas-economic-future-at-au-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/nigeria-strengthens-africas-economic-future-at-au-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Strengthens Africa&#8217;s Economic Future at AU Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As African leaders converge on Addis Ababa for the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government, Nigeria is playing a key role in shaping the continent&#8217;s economic agenda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has joined President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the summit, which is themed: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Implementation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister is engaging in discussions focused on economic stability, health financing, and the establishment of an Africa Credit Rating Agency\u2014key issues that align with Nigeria\u2019s economic priorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the AU Summit sets the stage for a more integrated and prosperous Africa, Nigeria&#8217;s active participation underscores its commitment to driving economic growth and development across the continent. With the AfCFTA at the forefront of the agenda, Nigeria is poised to play a leading role in shaping Africa&#8217;s economic future.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Signed<br \/>\nMohammed Manga FCAI<br \/>\nDirector, Information and Public Relations<br \/>\nFebruary\u00a015,\u00a02025<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2005 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.47_a3d231d2.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2005]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.47_a3d231d2-150x150.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.47_a3d231d2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.47_a3d231d2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.47_a3d231d2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.47_a3d231d2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.48_753077ca.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2005]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.48_753077ca-150x150.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.48_753077ca-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.48_753077ca-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.48_a19bdbca.jpg' rel=\"lightbox[2005]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.48_a19bdbca-150x150.jpg?wsr\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.48_a19bdbca-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-17-at-15.24.48_a19bdbca-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As African leaders converge on Addis Ababa for the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government, Nigeria is playing a key role in shaping the continent&#8217;s economic agenda. The Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, has joined President Bola [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[25,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-catchup","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2005"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2029,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2005\/revisions\/2029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finance.gov.ng\/ministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}