Editorial: The question of why smuggling is thriving in Nigeria should be addressed. Is government not aware that officials of the Nigerian Customs Service are the main suspects in aiding and abetting of smuggling in Nigeria? Nigeria NigeriaBeninBorder
The recent closure of the Nigerian-Benin border in the southern part of the country has elicited various comments by numerous stakeholders such as the Manufacturers Association Export Group and the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry on issues of business relations and security concerns between the two countries.
The types of business that take place across the Nigeria-Benin border comprise mainly local manufacturers who serve the markets of the West African sub-region and use land transport to access these markets. Also, lots of petty traders transact in perishable consumer items such as tomatoes poultry product, rice and many others across these borders. These have thus been affected by this seemingly rash decision of government.
Some explanations to some of these posers appear to have come from far away Yokohama, Japan when President Muhammadu Buhari on the side-lines of attending the Tokyo International Conference for African Development, TICAD, said that the “partial closure” of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic was due to the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor.
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