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ANALYSIS OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO) TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT (TFA) AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NIGERIA’s ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

This paper examines the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and its implications for Nigeria's economic development, highlighting both opportunities and constraints.As Africa's largest economy, Nigeria faces structural challenges, including low industrialization, an underdeveloped agricultural sector, heavy reliance on oil revenues, pervasive informality, weak infrastructure, and governance deficits, all of which make trade facilitation reforms both urgent and complex.Employing a doctrinal research methodology, the paper critically analyses the provisions of the T…