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NANTS recently commissioned and concluded a gender audit of the Nigerian Trade and Agricultural policies and the outcomes is being used to engage the review of the Nigerian Trade and Agricultural policies in order to ensure proper gender mainstreaming in the two important economic policies.

NANTS Organised a national stakeholders’ workshop to generate the private sector input into the Nigerian Trade

policy that is being reviewed »

• Advocacy

  

  NANTS Carries out advocacy to the government on relevant issues affecting the welfare of its members.

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• Agric and Livelihoods

  

  NANTS Carries out direct interventions for small scale farmers with the action of building their capacity and improving their livelihoods.

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• Trade Policy

  

  NANTS carriers out research and policy analysis on international trade issues.NANTS is also involved in trade negotiations at both national and international levels.

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About National Association of Nigerian Traders

NANTS was formed in Lagos by a group of traders in October 1997.The organisation was formed as a human rights and mediating force during the military regime of General Abacha when traders, perhaps owing to their perceived ignorance were suffering from arbitrary harassments, arrests and intimidation in the hands of uniformed men who sometimes carted away their goods with impunity. From the original name Association of Nigerian Traders(ANTS), the organisation has transformed into a national body with changes and spread across gender and sectoral balance, and essentially influencing government policies and practices in different ways Continue Reading »