Smugglers continued to suffer huge losses as President Muhammadu Buhari in Yokohama, Japan confirmed the closure of Nigeria’s border with Republic of Benin, saying the measure was taken to stop smuggling of rice into the country.

Buhari at a meeting with President of Benin Republic, Mr. Patrice Tallon, on the sidelines of the ongoing seventh Tokyo International Conference for Africa Development (TICAD7) in Yokohama, explained that the border was shut by the federal government as a decisive measure to curb smuggling of foreign rice into the country.

According to reports, the meeting between Buhari and Tallon, which held behind closed doors at the Royal Park Hotel, was attended by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama.

Speaking with Nigerian journalists after the meeting, Onyeama said Tallon expressed concern over the hardship the closure had caused his citizens and pleaded with Buhari to reopen it.

He said the border was closed because of the frequency of rice smuggling into the country through the borders, pointing out that the president saw the unwholesome development as a threat to Nigeria’s pursuit of food sufficiency.

Onyeama said: “They were discussing the issue of the closure of the border. You may not know but Nigeria closed border with Benin and it is causing great difficulties for Benin. So, the president said he had to see our president as a matter of urgency and...CONTINUE HERE

That's his stock in trade frustrating the hustling nigerians, tomorrow he will label them lazy youths, terrorists or kidnappers..........one door closes another one opens....umunne chòò nu another way....the hustle must continue, food no go lack for table.

Rice now is almost 20k for a bag. There is a serious manhunt for rice now.
They search every car and allow a maximum of 5 cups pass through the border.
They beat and injure even women older than their mothers.

Obj do pass this one.....Jonathan nko...

Who are the smugglers? The same security officials.....

You will pay custom/immigration officials, they will bring it to navy town or Igbo-elerin junction or alaba-rago for you.

All this one na IGG. The only way it can stop is if the officials aren't Nigerians.

VIRGINlabia:
That's his stock in trade frustrating the hustling nigerians, tomorrow he will label them lazy youths, terrorists or kidnappers..........one door closes another one opens....umunne chòò nu another way....the hustle must continue, food no go lack for table.

Typical yamree youth.

VIRGINlabia:
That's his stock in trade frustrating the hustling nigerians, tomorrow he will label them lazy youths, terrorists or kidnappers..........one door closes another one opens....umunne chòò nu another way....the hustle must continue, food no go lack for table.

Is that how u hustle
If wxonomy doesnt grow,u will complain
If they are creating a containment measure to grow the economy,u will complain

What did u really want gannnn.
Can u go and smuggle rice to us or uk and not shot at sight?

gbeseun:


Is that how u hustle
If wxonomy doesnt grow,u will complain
If they are creating a containment measure to grow the economy,u will complain

What did u really want gannnn.
Can u go and smuggle rice to us or uk and not shot at sight?

So you don't know their idea of hustle?.
Let me help you, smuggling, narcotics pushing, baby factory, Yahoo Yahoo, medicine counterfeiting, expired products importation etc.