Borders Closure: No Date Yet to Re-open Land Borders - Buhari Unveils
According to Naijaloaded news Reports, The Nigerian President Buhari has Revealed that there is no date yet for re-opening of the Nigerian border which according to him has led to a drop in the country’s domestic fuel consumption.
The Nigerian leader who is on a 4-day working visit at his hometown Daura in Katsina State told a delegation of Katsina State Elders Forum that he is yet to give a date for the reopening of the land borders.
In a statement released by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the Presidency said two months into the closure of Nigeria’s land borders to curb smuggling activities especially rice, the Buhari-led administration was betting on the same measure to rekindle the agriculture sector.
President Buhari who acknowledged the hardship residents of border communities have been going through following the ban on sale of fuel at stations 20 kilometers to the border, stated that the restriction was a temporary measure as the Nigerian Customs Service needed to ascertain outlets involved in real sale of products and those being used for smuggling.
The statement reads in part “Two months into closure of Nigeria’s land border to curb smuggling activities, especially rice, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is betting on same measure to rekindle the agriculture sector.
The government’s directive will save the country billions of naira on import bills. Receiving a delegation of Katsina State Elders Forum at his country home in Daura, the President said the country’s domestic fuel consumption had dropped by more than 30 per cent, following closure of land borders.
President Buhari said he had not given any date for the reopening of the land border until the situation improves.
No comments:
Post a Comment