ECOWAS: Tinubu blames low intra-regional trade on leaders’ lack of political will

…Calls for end to ‘pit-to-port’ dependency

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja

President Bola Tinubu, speaking at the inaugural West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) in Abuja yesterday, squarely attributed the persistently low intra-regional trade in West Africa, currently below 10 percent, to a lack of political will among West African leaders.

Addressing Heads of State, business leaders,…