Nigeria, Ghana and 77 other countries have signed the Samoa agreement.
Glamtush reports that the Samoa agreement focuses on economic development, security, environment, migration, mobility, and climate change other areas include investment opportunities, sustainable development, and mutually beneficial cooperation, among others.
The Samoa agreement has been signed by 79 countries across the world to address various aspects of the economy.
The objective of the Samoa agreement is to serve as the legal framework for EU relations with these 79 countries. These include 48 African, 16 Caribbean, and 15 Pacific countries.
Here are the full list of countries to benefit from the Samoa Agreement:
African Countries
1. Algeria
2. Angola
3. Benin
4. Botswana
5. Burkina Faso
7. Cameroon
8. Cape Verde
9. Central African Republic
10. Chad
11. Comoros
12. Congo
13. Côte d’Ivoire
14.Democratic Republic of the Congo
15. Djibouti
16. Egypt
17. Equatorial Guinea
18. Eritrea
19. Eswatini
20. Ethiopia
20. Ethiopia
21. Gabon
22. Gambia
23. Ghana
24. Guinea
25. Guinea-Bissau
26. Kenya
27. Lesotho
28. Liberia
29. Libya
30. Madagascar
31. Malawi
32. Mali
33. Mauritania
34. Mauritius
35. Morocco
36. Mozambique
37. Namibia
38. Niger
39. Nigeria
40. Republic of the Congo
41. Rwanda
42.São Tomé and Principe
43. Senegal
44. Seychelles
45. Sierra Leone
46. Somalia
47. South Africa
48. South Sudan
49. Sudan
50. Tanzania
51.Togo
52. Tunisia
53. Uganda
54. Zambia
55. Zimbabwe
Caribbean Countries
1. Antigua and Barbuda
2. The Bahamas
3. Barbados
4. Belize
5. Dominica
6. Dominican Republic
7. Grenada
8. Guyana
9. Haiti
10. Jamaica
11. Saint Kitts and Nevis
12. Saint Lucia
13. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
14. Suriname
15. Trinidad and Tobago
Pacific Countries
1. Cook Islands
2. Fiji
3. Kiribati
4. Marshall Islands
5. Micronesia
6. Nauru
7. Niue
8. Palau
9. Papua New Guinea
10. Samoa
11. Solomon Islands
12. Tonga
13. Tuvalu
14. Vanuatu
Other Countries
Republic of Maldives
The SAMOA AGREEMENT
-The objectives
-The countries involved
-The priority areasHere is a breakdown of the newly signed $150bn deal that Nigeria is expected to benefit from. pic.twitter.com/LyEfQwcEF5
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