West African ministers met on Saturday to search for solutions to regional powerhouse Nigeria’s shock decision to close its borders last August to curb smuggling. WestAfrica BorderClosure Nigeria Benin Africa
West African ministers met on Saturday to search for solutions to regional powerhouse Nigeria’s shock decision to close its borders last August to curb smuggling.
The move “strikes at the roots of our grouping — the free circulation of people and goods”, said Salou Djibo, Niger’s army chief, from the conference in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. The decision drew the ire of Nigeria’s neighbours, particularly Benin, which shares an economically vital land border and where many citizens thrive from exporting to Africa’s largest market of 190 million people.
Nigeria has also accused Benin of benefiting from the illegal importation of subsidised oil, costing the government billions of dollars.
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