Why Nigeria's borders will remain closed - Lai Mohammed

The minister stated this on Monday when he paid a working visit to the new corporate headquarters of The Sun Newspaper in Lagos.

“What has happened is that there is an agreement among the ECOWAS member states that goods coming into Nigeria must be containerized and taken through the border where they can be assessed and attested that they are not smuggled items.“We know that the closure is inflicting some collateral damages to many people but in the overall interest of Nigerians, we need to persevere and bear with the government so that our neighbours would be responsible and responsive.

On the gains of the closure, the minister said that apart from billions of Naira accruing to government purse from payment of duties, there have been a lot of testimonies of Nigerians in the agricultural sector. “Local rice is not only helping our economy and generating employment but it is also more healthy than the imported rice.

Hope they close it too to Fulani herdsmen

May God save Nigeria now!

People that have little or no knowledge about the implications of border closure comes on air to comment.The question is, sooner or later the grave implications of this act will tell not just on the economy but our well-being.

closed border, technically tilting towards close economy.

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