 The President has approved the African Union Development Agency and new partnership for Africa's Development Second Pair Review Report in readiness for validation. The Aouda-Nepad National Coordinator Gloria Acobondo gave details of their approval in a statement in Abuja. The Aouda-Nepad is the social economic flagship program of the EU with the primary responsibility of facilitating the domestication of programs and project adopted at the continental level. The African Pair Review Mechanism is an instrument voluntarily acceded to by EU Member State as an African self-monitoring mechanism.