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....and Closed it is.

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Necessity is the mother of invention.

The border should remain closed to enable Nigeria to harness her internal strength.

No pain, no gain.

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deepwater:
Oga calm down. Them go open after after Christmas and new year celebrations.

Just before valentine


It's a nomadic idea to frustrate the southerners

Next na make petrol scare, and ekenedilichukwu price increase


Last last omo nna go go village this year

Listen to this flat-head

ednut1:
let them use apapa

Yes, but Nigerians are to be blamed for not using Apapa port. Foreigners has nothing to do with that.

hatchy:
Hmmmm...Na wao!

Border closure is the new song at least for the remaining part of the year. Although it is a good development until our neighbouring countries get sense.

APC have already added it to their achievements. Useless and idiotic party without any blueprint for governance.

It's not about APC sir... It's about the economic future of this nation.

Nigerians and citizens of other neighboring countries must be taught the hard lesson of respect for national boundaries.

The average Nigerian is too self-centered and self serving... No one is bothered about the growth and stability of the nation's economy... Hard lessons must be taught... The idiotic ECOWAS must be compelled to wake up to her responsibilities. Nonsense and smugglers!!!

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OSUigboFlatHead:
Good

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trash

Foxman19:
This man get luck oo. No wonder he dey talk anyhow. Only God knows how much billions of naira have been deposited into his account.

U mean u don't know the amount?
Where u not there when they were depositing the billions??

We are in serious mess. God biko come to our rescue

musicwriter:


Yes, but Nigerians are to be blamed for not using Apapa port. Foreigners has nothing to do with that.

they created an enabling environment. Have u seen any pic of benin customs officers or patrol . The border must be shut for ever self

BuhariBuster:
For those rejoicing, read this part



The rising demand will only result in one thing, price increase. With no parallel increase in income, the poor Nigerian will be poorer at the expense of the rich. Tighten your belts folks!

Mind you.. this right here is a form of perfect competitive market... So expect competition soonest from willing and eager entrepreneurs if they see it sense any form of abnormal profit coming from that end... And this in turn brings about price reduction for them to sale their already stocked goods... And in the long run, we will eventually achieve price equilibrium.

I think this border closure is a wake up call for all of us Nigerians to make use of what we have and start our own technology like china. this border closure is good at some point.

huthmanadam:



Never knew it was only "southerners" that use Nigerian Border.. interesting

Do fulanis travel? Where and what do they travel to do? The last time I checked only herders cross our orders illegally into Nigeria. They hardly leave their region. They're gworo and petty traders. Only those who engage in cross-border trading in that region are the non fulanis and middle beltans

Let borders remain closed till we are able to sustain self sufficient in local food production.

This is not a rocket science, but common sense. You have the markets, arable land, able jobless people and a lot of people who are ready to invest heavily in locally made products, yet you are still allowing your neighbours to take good advantage of your large market or purchasing power to enrich their economies.

Mr man go away its too early to saying nonsense.

blowjohn:



U mean u don't know the amount?
Where u not there when they were depositing the billions??

More reason for ghana to cry to death.

Man must survive ooo

I have been saying for ages now that this IMF people are evil people. Look at how the just back the whole plan that is putting Nigerian in difficult situations. In fact they always support or give policies that put the poor masses in difficult situations. Lol
Sha, to be honest, I personally support this border closure of a thing myself. Lol
God bless Nigeria

Hardnews:
Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the nation’s land borders will remain closed until neighbouring countries meet the requirements for it to be reopened.

Emefiele said this on Monday while speaking to journalists after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja.
The federal government had closed the country’s land borders to importing and exporting of all items in a bid to curb illegal trading activities by Nigeria’s neighbours.

Hameed Ali, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), had said that Nigeria’s borders will remain closed until the country and its neighbours agree on existing ECOWAS protocol on movement.

Despite several calls by stakeholders for the re-opening of the borders, Emefiele said the affected countries must first have “concrete engagements” on mutual anti-smuggling policies.

He explained that the smuggling of goods through these countries undermines Nigeria’s economic policy.

“We are not saying that the borders should be closed in perpetuity, but that before the borders are reopened, there must be concrete engagements with countries that are involved in using their ports and countries as landing ports for bringing in goods meant for local consumption, it is understandable,” Emefiele said.

“But the fact that those products are landed in their countries and then transshipped or smuggled into Nigeria is something that I am sure you all agree as Nigerians we should not allow happening because it undermines our economic policy, it undermines our own desire to make sure that industries are alive and jobs are created in Nigeria.”

Emefiele further said that the country’s rice and poultry farmers have, since the closure, recorded improved sales.

“Recently, and this is the absolute truth, about two weeks before the border closure, the chairman of the Rice Processors Association, incidentally, he owns Umza Rice in Kano, called me and said that all the rice millers and processors are having in their warehouses nothing less than 25,000 metric tons of milled rice. That this rice has been unsold because of the smuggling and dumping through Republic of Benin and other border posts that we have in the country and that he would want us to do something about it,” he said.

“Secondly, we also have members of the Poultry Association of Nigeria who also complained that they have thousands of crates of eggs that they could not sell together with even some of the processed chickens also arising from the problem of smuggling and dumping of poultry products into Nigeria.

“A week after the borders were closed, the same rice millers association called to tell us that all the rice that they had in their warehouses have all been sold. Indeed, a lot of people have been depositing money in their accounts and they have even been telling them ‘please hold on don’t even pay money yet until we finished processing your rice’.

“The Poultry Associations have also come to say that they have sold all their eggs, they have sold all their processed chickens and that demand is rising.”
According to him, the improved sale of rice and poultry products is the benefit of closing the borders.

“So when you asked, what is the benefit of the border closure on the economy of Nigeria, I just used two products – poultry and rice. The benefit is that it has helped to create jobs for our people, it has helped to bring the integrated rice milling that we have in the country back into business again and they are making money. Our rural communities are bubbling because there are activities because rice farmers are able to sell their paddy. The poultry business is also doing well, and also maize farmers who produce maize from which feeds are produced are also doing business. These are the benefits,” he said.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had
backed Nigeria’s closure of its borders.


https://www.thecable.ng/emefiele-borders-remain-closed-neighbouring-countries-meet-conditions/amp

It's obvious that all policy by this administration is to favour the north. If the situation were reversed, would they have done the same.

In fela's voice...
I geti my Moni plan my plan finish... Start to de go for marketi start to de go for shopping Before I reach marketi nko o Government show don enter my plan e Don spoil o Government show don enter my plan e Don spoil o Over take don over take over take eeya over take e Don over take...

nony43:
If we can import petrol, why won't we import rice?

We even import hair

We import yansh ( boot pad )

We import tooth picks!

Somebody must spank us!!!

ednut1:
they created an enabling environment. Have u seen any pic of benin customs officers or patrol

Bro, I've been on that road for 25 years. ALL government agencies in neigboring countries are better than Nigeria's, whether they be police, immigration, customs, name it. Ask anybody.

There're more goods leaving Nigeria to neigboring countries than them to Nigeria.

Foxman19:
Mr man go away its too early to saying nonsense.

nonsense!
Billions no dey enter ur own account ba.
Na another person account e dey enter.
Continue suspecting until u become a suspect!

I have never being a fan of this administration and never will, but on this one? Baba go slow you've done tremendously well

musicwriter:


Bro, I've been on that road for 25 years. ALL government agencies in neigboring countries are better than Nigeria's, whether they be police, immigration, customs, name it. Ask anybody.

There're more goods leaving Nigeria to neigboring countries than them to Nigeria.

so let it remain closed. We will eat what we have

912:


And you just couldn't stop talking at the end of the first paragraph talk talk

Ewu....na you buy data for me?

I know all of you in this platform....anything said about Buhari and his useless APC gets into your brain like hard drug.
You dont take criticism but you were the ones who criticized everything about past government.

Tyrants!

These guys can't even rule a community/local government with this stupid policies not to talk of a nation of over 200million people, they don't pay for any thing they consume why would they bothers. Fools in power

We ship from China to Nigeria, check my siggy.

adecz:



These mummu people are not
even aware that we the citizens are
even suffering more than our neighbors.

They are determined for this closure
because na govt dey feed them. They
care less for the masses..

Buhari & Osinbade have all doubled
their feeding & travelling allowances in the
2O2O budget. So selfish


As usual, buhari is using hunger as a
tool of governance just like he did in 1984!!

You dont understand

BuhariBuster:
For those rejoicing, read this part



The rising demand will only result in one thing, price increase. With no parallel increase in income, the poor Nigerian will be poorer at the expense of the rich. Tighten your belts folks!

Do you know how many people who are ready to invest in this sector but are afraid of market situation as a result of smuggling?

The price will definitely come to the point of equilibrium within a year or two. No one will ever progress in life without sacrifice, the same theory applied to nations.