Ecowas urges buhari to Reopen Borders
According to Naija news Reports, The ECOWAS Parliament has pleaded with the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to open its closed borders, the parliament has also stated that the closed borders hampers the implementation of free trade movement within the ECOWAS region.
Speaker of the Parliament, Hon. Moustapha Cisse Lo, made this known while addressing the 2nd Extra-Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Monrovia, Liberia.
He urged the federal government to find a permanent solution to the challenge of smuggling, rather than closing the borders.
“In the same vein, the closure of the Nigerian borders with Benin more than a month ago and Niger more recently is a hindrance to the achievement of the Community’s main objective, which is to achieve the creation of a prosperous, borderless West African region where peace and harmony prevail,” Cisse Lo said.
“The ECOWAS Parliament calls for compliance with Community provisions and thus calls for the reopening of borders and a coordinated fight against smuggling in the region;
“The root causes of this recurrent situation must be studied with a view to finding a permanent solution,” he added.
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