Nigeria To Re-Open Land Borders Soon – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria is looking to reopen its land borders ‘as soon as possible.’

News Rain gathered that the President on Tuesday during a meeting with governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja said the closure of the borders was an attempt to control the smuggling of weapons and drugs from neighboring countries.

According to him “Now that the message has sunk in with our neighbours, we are looking into reopening the borders as soon as possible.”

Nigeria To Re-Open Land Borders Soon – Buhari

This is coming after over a year the borders have been closed. Nigeria first showed its willingness to re-open the border last month, amid skyrocketing food prices and increased calls for reopening of the borders.

Many have attributed the economic recession partly to the border closure that has been in place since August 2019, which, among others, has seen inflation rise to a 30-month high.

Policy experts have said that lifting the blockade will help check the recession, the nation’s worst in decades, and ease the economic hardship faced by Nigerians.

Though President Buhari said the government would act on the border closure issue “as soon as possible”, the president did not specify the date.