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Nigerian president urges closer collaboration to tackle economic challenges in West Africa

STORY: Nigerian president urges closer collaboration to tackle economic challenges in West Africa DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday called on executives of banking institutions in West Africa to forge a closer collaboration to tackle economic challenges confronting the sub-region. Buhari, while receiving a delegation from the West African Bankers Association (WABA), led by its president, Thierno Seydou Nourou Sy, said that the sub-region must find a common understanding and ground to address low access to financial services and recovery in the post-pandemic era. The Nigerian leader told the bankers' association, founded in 1981, and bringing together over 250 commercial banks and 15 institutions from across West Africa, that for many centuries, African countries have "traded with one another without a formalized and structured system." He noted, h

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