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News || Nigeria Submits Instruments Of Ratification Of 4 Copyright Treaties To WIPO || The Arts-Muse Fair

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Afam Ezekude, D.G, NCC. Photo: COSON Nigeria has provided instruments of ratification of four copyright treaties to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, reports the  Music in Africa . These instruments of ratification, which refer to letters signed by a head of government concerning a treaty, were delivered to WIPO director-general Francis Gurry at the 57th general assembly of the organisation,  which is the “the central hub for global IP [intellectual property] infrastructure”, on 2 October.  The documents were handed to Gurry by Nigeria’s permanent representative the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), Audu Kadiri, and the Director-General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Afam Ezekude. The handover of the instruments of ratification asserts Nigeria’s agreement to requirements of the treaties. According to a statement, the four treaties include “the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT), the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Tre