The Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (NICArb) in collaboration with The National Action Committee for African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and The Nigerian Chambers of Commerce Dispute Resolution Center (NCCDRC) recently concluded roundtable themed ‘AfCFTA AND NON-STATE PARTIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR TRADE AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION” today.
The event which commenced at 10am was opened by the Registrar/CEO of NICArb, Mrs. Shola Oshodi John FCArb, who welcomed and introduced members of the panel (resource persons and discussants).
It was brilliantly moderated by Mrs. Foluke Akinmoladun FCArb.
The first resource person Prof. Jonathan Aremu during the after-roundtable event spoke on the implications for Trade under AfCFTA giving detailed insights in to the topic.
The second resource person Dr. Ken Ukaoha spoke about the Implications under Dispute Resolutions/legal issues.
The third resource person Mr. Nathan Searle gave an Overview on the theme.
The fourth resource person Dr. Fatima Bello spoke about the Implementation of AfCFTA and provision of remedial measures to non-state parties amongst others.
The first discussant Otunba Pedro highlighted some of the insights on the topic discussed by other speakers and then discussed in-depth on Trade under AfCFTA.
The second discussant Professor Muhammed Ladan captured the topical areas around Domestication of AfCFTA giving very authoritative clarifications on AfCFTA, its protocols and how to move both the Nigerian executive and legislative arms of government to set in motion and fast track AfCFTA’s domestication in Nigeria.
The third discussant Mrs. Shola Oshodi-John – Registrar/CEO, Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators went further to speak on the Role of Arbitral/ADR Institutions under AfCFTA.
The round table discussion ended with an insightful engagement between the participants and the panelists at the question and answer session and the Registrar/CEO gave the closing remarks.
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