Nigeria’s Chief Trade Negotiator and Director-General of Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiation, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe, is dead.
His death was confirmed in a tweet by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Before his death, he chaired the Negotiating Forum of the African Union (AU) from June 2017 to March 2018, during which time the negotiations were concluded on the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
See Tweet Below:
Breaking: Amb Chiedu Osakwe, Nigeria’s Chief Trade Negotiator & Director General of Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiation @TradeOfficeNG has passed on. May his soul rest in peace.
Africa has lost an illustrious son, a role model per excellent. #AfCFTA #AfricaMourn #africanpride pic.twitter.com/iCcMSTVW9n— AfCFTA (@AfCfta) September 22, 2019