Nigeria gives condition to reopen borders with neighbours
Hameed Ali, the Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service , says Nigeria’s borders will remain closed until the country and its neighbours agree on existing ECOWAS protocol on movement.
“And we are looking forward to meeting with them and there are moves to sit with them to make them understand why we are doing what we are doing and what we want to achieve by doing what we are doing,” Mr Ali said. “We are able to completely block the influxes of illicit goods, and most important, stopped the exportation of petroleum product which is the biggest problem we have,” Mr Ali said.
When asked about petty traders who are unable to bring goods to the neighbouring countries, Mr Ali said “There must be collateral damage in this kind of situation. Somebody must miss one or two things.” “For instance, Niger has no reason to allow rice, cooking oil and other illicit goods to pass through its borders to come to Nigeria.
“Some of these things happened in connivance with some of our men. We are trying our best to see that we produce what we consume, particularly rice.“So, if we catch you, you know where to go, no compromise and you will have yourself to blame.
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