This was contained in a statement issued by the UN spokesman in New York
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Speaking during a working lunch in honour of the Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organsation, Li Yong, Aganga, whose ministry played a major role in the EPA negotiations, said certain provisions of the agreement, which Nigeria was expected to sign at the ECOWAS Heads of States meeting in Yamoussoukro, Cote D’Ivoire, last week, were not in the overall best interest of the nation’s economy
The Head of the European Union in Nigeria, Ambassador Michel Arrion, gave this assurance when he paid a courtesy visit on the Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, in Minna
This decision, the EU said, marks a major step forward in the process of West African regional integration and progress towards the conclusion of an Economic Partnership Agreement between the two parties
In a statement issued by Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, she posited that the EU neither encourages nor discourages people of same sex getting married, but insisted their rights must be protected
The EU, according to the organisers of the award, won it because of its six decades of work in advancing peace in Europe