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must not lose sight of national security amid the fight against COVID-19. Challenges around the world today point to one thing and one thing only: the need for the leadership to move away from sheer rhetoric and show capacity in areas of demand.
There is no doubt that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has been doing all it could to ensure that security standards are duly implemented at the airports, but some lapses that are sometimes seen at that level, as well as the continuous influx of weapons used for all sorts of crimes, are indicative of the porosity of the nation’s borders.
In one of its evaluations of the Nigerian border control, the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, INCSR, said: “Nigeria is the hub of African narcotic trafficking, and Nigerian poly-criminals continue to expand their role in narcotic trafficking worldwide. Nigerian organisations control the drug market of Sub-Sahara Africa and operate drug distribution networks from strategic locations throughout the world.
So, why should Nigeria give up its borders to criminal elements? This is exerting untold hardships on the country socially, economically and security-wise and must, therefore, be addressed with all the available modern technologies as done in other climes. Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed once said: “Nigeria is closer to attaining self-sufficiency in rice production than at any time in the country’s history, thanks to the border drill that has drastically reduced rice smuggling into the country and catalysed rice production by our farmers across the country.”
Considering the gains of a well-protected border, it beats one to understand why successive governments have not taken the bull by the horn in ensuring that the Nigerian borders are well protected.
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