Cross-border movements amid COVID-19

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For a nation which has faced a violent insurgency and deepening national security issues in the last 10 odd years, the federal authorities ought to take migrations seriously. Nigeria Insecurity Security Covid19 Coronavirus

Specifically, some Nigeriens were pictured in Kasuwan Barchi in Kaduna State departing for Niger Republic as the anti-COVID-19 lockdown hits hard in the country. What was behind the exodus? Were they fair-weather friends who decided to escape the onslaught of COVID-19? No doubt, persons have the fundamental right to freely move into destinations of their choice after proper documentation.

But by far the most troubling dimension of migrations is the recent presidential declaration of visa-on-arrival policy of the incumbent government, which President Muhammadu Buhari announced in December 2019. It is a foolhardy policy that ought not to have been contemplated in the first instance and which should be reconsidered as a matter of urgency. This newspaper had then strongly warned about the consequences of such a hazardous policy.

It is no secret that some of the so-called herdsmen who unleash violence on their victims through kidnappings, arson and mass murder are not the typical Nigerians. Pray, which Nigerian, bred and nursed on our ideals would unleash the kind of mayhem that we have witnessed in Kaduna, Plateau, Katsina, Taraba, Benue and Zamfara States? Pockets of such criminal activities are found in different parts of the country from the Southwest through the South-south regions.

 

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