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The Federal Government on Friday approved the reopening of four additional land borders shut in August 2019 as part of efforts to curtail smuggling and boost local production of rice.

A circular released by the Nigeria Customs Service, signed by Deputy Comptroller-General E. I. Edorhe, on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, listed the borders as Idiroko border post in Ogun State, Jibiya border post in Katsina State, Kamba border post in Kebbi State and Ikom border post in Cross River State.

The circular titled, ‘Re-opening of four additional Nigerian border posts’ sighted by Saturday PUNCH read, “Sequel to the Presidential directive dated December 16, 2020, granting approval for phased reopening of land borders namely; Mfum, Seme, Illela and Maigatari borders across the country, I am directed to inform you that four additional borders listed below have been approved for re-opening.

“Idiroko border post, Ogun State (South-West Zone); Jibiya border post, Katsina State (North-West Zone); Kamba border post, Kebbi State (North-West Zone); and Ikom border post, Cross River State (South-South Zone).

Consequently, all Customs formations and t Border Patrol Teams are to take note and ensure that proper manning takes place in compliance with extant operational guidelines.”

The circular, which copied all Assistant Comptrollers-General/Zonal Coordinators, Area Controllers, Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit & Marine Commands, Comptroller, Customs Intelligent Unit, JBPT Sector Coordinators, Strike Force Commanders and Heads of Units, added, “Above is forwarded for your information and compliance.”

https://punchng.com/fg-reopens-idiroko-three-other-land-borders/

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N0nsense government.
Election is here. Why did you make life difficult for citizens in The first place?
The price of rice doubled because of this mumu shutting down of border, meanwhile local rice production never increased one bit. So we just suffered for nothing. Even while the border was shut, we still bought the smuggled rice at a higher price.
Subjecting millions of people to untold hardship. Nonsense!

After the north don finish tincan port ,now the south are free to scrapper for food, they gripped the throat of the poor so as they can feed themselves fat and now its time to enrich the dollar trough trans border trade , nigeria will never recover from this

election is here. Buhari is a basterd

Long overdue though it’s just only officially and legally opened.

Election things.

Idiroko boys will resume their usual business. Those guys have been starved for too long a time.

The borders were never closed in the first place...FG only in their wisdom created a platform for those uniformed men to extort people and build mansions in their village...

As confuse as baba government.

Election things

Good

lol what a stupid Govt with stupid Policy first use Sapa kill your Citizens when election reach you revert bak.....

The Idi Iroko sef dey useless Xefa and Naira are now exchanging at the same rate so anybody wey still dey think say Cotonoue things cheap jus wan go suffer him sef....

How I wish Benin Republic and oda country border can jus lock up nd say dey don't want us since all na get mumu as President and you people are getting ready to elect another wicked leader and clueless one.....

Blackman problem ,so why suffer the masses all these years ? Local rice production didn't even move an inch

Make pMB try lay down a good record for himself before his tenure expires. E get why!

Lets get back to business ............rice smuggling loading. Man must chop !!

Campaign Strategy

Reopen and lift embargo off rice, cos without that , it really does not make any difference. Mumu policy

Never sign for this

Reopened?
For?

I smell
2023

I can't call this try and error government, but a government with high libido of wickedness.

Election cum you open border, it means you just starved us for fun

They are mad. Just because election is coming. There was no reason for the closure right from the onset.

This alone is enough for Southwesterners to vote out APC for intentionally depriving many of their source of livelihood.

Now, show me one positive contribution the closure of the border has brought to the southwest aside inflation in the prices of foods and food shortage?

This istration will go down as the most wicked, useless and clueless in the history of Nigeria democracy.

To cajole people for election after making people to suffer for years.

Many people have been killed in the process.

God deh

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Buhari is a confuse man leading...

COOOOORECT.
REOPEN ALL THE BORDERS TO IMPROVE THE NAIRA AND REDUCE PRICES.

I don forget say them close borders def...

True dey smell.

Dia mumu don do.

The President of Benin republic came to beg, FG was feeling fly. Now that their economy is and currency don better your own, you're now opening the door. Who cares?

That customs chief is a devil and the hardship he caused many people will judge him

What did we achieve with the closure?

Will Nigeria and Nigerians, especially the Southerners ever recover from the effect of this border closure?

Mumu

Buhari

They want access to cheap food items they can share during elections cos local production can't cope.

I thought they closed those borders to encourage local production of rice and to control foreign exchange and stabilize the local currency. Rice imports were blamed on dollar appreciation against the naira.
Maybe it is now they realized their actions backfired

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