President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to the massive smuggling activities,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the partial closure of Nigeria’s border with Benin Republic to the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, taking place on that corridor.
The President, in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, expressed great concern over the smuggling of rice, stating it threatens the self-sufficiency already attained due to his administration’s agricultural policies. Responding to the concerns raised by President Talon on the magnitude of suffering caused by the closure, President Buhari said he had taken note and would reconsider reopening in the not too distant future.
President Talon had said he called on the Nigerian President as a result of the severe impact the closure of the Nigerian border was having on his people.
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