Ugochukwu Chimeziri
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Ugochukwu is a graduate of accountancy from the Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri. He has worked in the shipping industry with Safmarine where he acquired some relevant experiences in international trade. He left the servces of the shipping industry to join the world of journalism in 2005. He had prior to 2005 contributed as a freelancer to Nigerian BusinessDay Newspaper and Financial Times Journal. He joined Financial Standard Nigeria in September 2005 where he rose to the post of Line editor commodities. Today Ugochukwu is a Lagos based professional writer on trade and environment, contributing to so many media outfits across the world.
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The problems 2-stroke engines are emitting to the world is worrisome and needs urgent attention. With a shift from Asia to highly less regulated third worlds in Africa, the fight against global warming would not have any human face if 2-stroke engines are allowed to run the way they are running in Africa.
Painting of a new house or repainting of renovated one has been an age-long practice globally. This practice which is carried out in order to put an astonishing beauty to the house could also pose serious hazard to human with children and pregnant mothers being more vulnerable.
Article 3 of the revised Ecowas Treaty sets the Ecowas economic integration agenda at liberalizing trade among member states. This will be achieved through elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers and the ultimate achievement of an economic and monetary union in the region.
Trade experts have been worried that irrespective of regional backing Ecowas Trade Liberalization Scheme enjoys, its aspirations have not been achieved at all. This has given rise to divergences in the custom tariffs across the region. The truth about the whole issue is that trade and movement of goods, services and people are yet to be achieved in the sub-region.
Great deal of crimes is committed against Africa by its ‘development partners' who have continued to intimidate Africa whenever and wherever they confront African leaders. These intimidations come in form of mere statements such as "Africa Cannot Feed Itself" but such claims not only humiliate Africa but still have very heavy underpinnings which have so far succeeded in keeping Africa from flying.
Nigeria would be constructing the foundation of its vision 202020 and its economic emancipation and liberalization on a sandy soil, if the nation continues to fail in putting in place its competition law. This was the confessions of Professor Oyejide Ademola, Chairman, Federal Government Committee on Multilateral Trade in Abuja recently.
