Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the federal government is working towards reopening the land borders of Nigeria.
It should be recalled that President Buhari ordered the full closure of land borders as part of measures to avert smuggling activities in October 2019.
While speaking at a webinar organized by The Africa Report, Vice President Osinbajo said the Federal government is liaising with neighbouring countries in a bid to reopen the border.
He said: “We are working with our neighbours to see on what terms we would reopen those borders. At the moment, we are undertaking joint border patrols to control smuggling along the borders and we think it is working and I am sure that soon enough we should have the borders opened.”
“We are committed to the AfCFTA but we are concerned about threats to security and the economy and we had to take certain actions that would satisfy the immediate needs of our country. It (border closure) certainly wasn’t meant to be permanent and we are looking forward to reopening as quickly as possible.”
