On Tuesday, the federal government announced that it is actively engaging in discussions regarding the potential reopening of the nation’s land borders with neighboring countries. Additionally, they are in the process of holding meetings with representatives from the affected nations to chart a way forward.
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, shared during a media briefing at the State House in Abuja following the launch of the National Single Window Project, that he had been in communication with officials from Niger and Benin Republics.
He said, “In terms of opening the land borders, consultations are already in progress, some of them are very high level. Over the last weekend, I had an interaction with my colleagues in Benin Republic, earlier I’ve gone to our borders with Niger Republic.
“We are looking at the issues that led to the closure of the border in the first instance and we are working to ensure that those things do not repeat themselvesself and I’m happy to say that we are making steady progress.
“We will continue to consult, we will continue to take guidance from Mr. President. Everything is to ensure that we have borders that are secured and hopefully with the deployment of Single Window at our ports and border stations, our borders will be more secured and we’re going to run them more efficiently”.