Nigeria borders will remain closed until neighbouring countries respect Nigeria’s policy on food ban and other contraband importation. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Comptroller General of Customs, Hammed Ali, during a visit to Maigatari border in Jigawa State. Maigatari border town connects Nigeria and Niger republic.
Ali while addressing custom personnel and community leaders at the border town lamented that criminals are coming in through Nigeria’s porous borders to perpetrate crimes freely. “Most of the criminals are not citizens of Nigeria. They come in at will and go out at will because our borders are so porous. They come and create havoc and they disappear. “This is why the President directed that we should go on and embark on this drill to ensure that we put into place a proper procedure for in and outflow of people.
“We must also get our neighbours to agree with us on the protocols of transit routes,” Ali said. According to him, Nigeria has enough food and is willing to go to all extent to ensure its borders are no longer porous.
