Border closure my ass, yet boko haram and Iswap are receiving arms and ammunitions from across the border.

Sunofgod:
Waste of time....Buhari no fit read report.

He cannot even hear if it is read to him.

This matter is now political. If they country's involved could not convinced Buhari to reopen the board they will surely pass through other countries president to win this case.

The report will certainly be against Nigeria.

Ecowas making a big mistake, BUHARI likes challenging anything, thry would just spoil the whole thing!

Sunofgod:
Waste of time....Buhari no fit read report.

No be only, Bihari no dey hear he get ear problem

Riele:
Ecowas should stay out of this .

Nigeria needs to close that border well . It'll go a long way to correct our balance of payment problems .

Which balance of payments problem ?

Last time I checked , Nigeria hasnt had a balance of payments problem since the 80s

TommyAnthem:
Border closure my ass, yet boko haram and Iswap are receiving arms and ammunitions from across the border.

Their own case is special.



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Buhari faults clampdown on Boko Haram members
June 2, 2013

Former Head of State and Presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Major General Muhammadu Buhari has faulted the federal government’s clampdown on Boko Haram Islamic insurgents.

He accused the government of killing and destroying their houses while the Niger Delta militants were given special treatment by the government.
Buhari who spoke on Sunday on a Liberty Radio programme, Guest of the Week monitored in Kaduna also admitted that the road to the registration of the All Progressive Congress (APC) was rough, pointing out that the promoters of the party were well prepared for any hitch that may arise.
Buhari who first spoke in Hausa before the English version accused politicians from the Niger Delta region of starting the current in security in the country by recruiting and arming youths of the region in their desperate attempt to retain power as governors.

The former Nigerian leader said that unlike the special treatment given to the Niger Delta militants by the federal government, the Boko Haram members were being killed and their houses demolished by government.
While accusing President Jonathan of failing from the beginning to address the security situation in the country, Buhari said he has never been in support of the state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa state.
According to Buhari “what is responsible for the security situation in the country is caused by the activities of Niger Delta militants. Every Nigerian that is familiar with what is happening knows this. The Niger Delta militants started it all.

“What happened is that the governors of the Niger Delta region at that time wanted to win their elections. So they recruited the youths and gave them guns and bullets and used them against their opponents to win elections by force.
“After the elections were over, they asked the boys to return the guns; the boys refused to return the guns. Because of that, the allowance that was being given to the youths by the governors during that time was stopped.

“The youths resorted to kidnapping oil workers and were collecting dollars as ransom. Now a boy of 18 to 20 years was getting about 500 dollars in a week, why will he go to school and spend 20 years to study and then come back and get employed by government to be paid N100,000 a month, that is if he is lucky to get employment.

“So kidnapping becomes very rampant in the South -South and the South -East. They kidnapped people and were collecting money.
“How did Boko Haram start? We know that their leader, Mohammed Yusuf started his militant and the police couldn’t control them and the army was invited. He was arrested by soldiers and handed over to the police.
“The appropriate thing to do, according to the law, was for the police to carry out investigations and charge him to court for prosecution, but they killed him, his in-law was killed, they went and demolished their houses.

“Because of that, his supporters resorted to what they are doing today. You see in the case of the Niger Delta militants, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua sent an aeroplane to bring them, he sat down with them and discussed with them, they were cajoled, and they were given money and granted amnesty.
“They were trained in some skills and were given employment, but the ones in the north were being killed and their houses were being demolished. They are different issues, what brought this? It is injustice”.

https://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-faults-clampdown-on-boko-haram-members/

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subtlemee:
this border closure just dey vex everybody why? was Nigeria this loose and porous? the closure should be lengthened so some can of worms can blow open

Even though everyone is rejoicing because of the impact it has on Nigeria's economy, I don't consider this a smart move. Imagine if all the countries we sell our goods to shut down their borders in retaliation.

If Buhari feels that there's too much smuggling into Nigeria, it means that the customs is not doing its job. Yes, it is an internal problem, so it should be sorted out in-house.

Notice that there are Nigerian businesses that export through the land borders, and they are out of business now. This means that when the border is finally reopened, their customers would have sourced for other reliable suppliers.

Again, the solution is not closing the border. Apparently, Nigerian customs is the problem and should be reformed with many officers with questionable characters laid off.

Buhari has been a bundle of disappointment because if Sunday Ehindero could stop the police from collecting roadside bribe in his time as IG, Buhari can sanitize the customs.

It's very annoying that Buhari hasn't been able to "clean up" one institution of government even though he tells us that he is fighting corruption.

SoNature:
Even though everyone is rejoicing because of the impact it has on Nigeria's economy, I don't consider this a smart move.

Imagine if all the countries we sell our goods to shut down their borders in retaliation.

If Buhari feels that there's too much smuggling in Nigeria, it means that the customs is not doing its job. Yes, it is an internal problem, so it should be sorted out in-house.

Notice that there are Nigerian businesses that export to Nigerian borders through the borders. This means that when the border is finally reopened, their customers would have sourced another reliable suppliers.

Again, the solution is not closing the border. Apparently, Nigerian customs is the problem and should be reformed with many people of questionable characters laid off.

Buhari has been a bundle of disappointment because if Sunday Ehindero could stop the police from collecting roadside bribe, Buhari can sanitize the customs. It's very annoying that Buhari hasn't been able to "clean up" one institution of government even though he tells us that he is fighting corruption.

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post=86577034:
Good one on this border closure by the FG.

At the end of it all, SANE Nigerians will enjoy all the benefits.

A drastic change requires a drastic solution.

WE continue to STAND WITH THE BORDER CLOSURE,
It is for the good of all sane, honest and hardworking Nigerians.

God bless Nigeria.




Correct niggarrr.
You are mouthed!
Cheers!!

what about sane and honest Nigerians doing cross border trade? What about sane and honest companies that greatly depends on export to ecowas market?

As usual anyone that doesn't support your propaganda is either dishonest, corrupt, or lazy

Area4Area:
Let these guys let Buhari be please, so he can't attend any meeting in peace again? Tokyo, London, Ouagadougou, Abuja, Ethiopia etc all they do is trailing Baba around.

You guys claimed border closure will bring down the price of rice, curb insecurity and improve the economy.
Kindly tell us which of the above has occurred since august.

None of you zombies have talked about port congestion which is ravaging apapa and tin can ports.

Sunofgod:
Waste of time....Buhari no fit read report.

read your comment and ask yourself if at all you've made a meaningful contribution to solve the problem on ground.

SoNature:


Even though everyone is rejoicing because of the impact it has on Nigeria's economy, I don't consider this a smart move. Imagine if all the countries we sell our goods to shut down their borders in retaliation.

If Buhari feels that there's too much smuggling into Nigeria, it means that the customs is not doing its job. Yes, it is an internal problem, so it should be sorted out in-house.

Notice that there are Nigerian businesses that export through the land borders, and they are out of business now. This means that when the border is finally reopened, their customers would have sourced for other reliable suppliers.

Again, the solution is not closing the border. Apparently, Nigerian customs is the problem and should be reformed with many officers with questionable characters laid off.

Buhari has been a bundle of disappointment because if Sunday Ehindero could stop the police from collecting roadside bribe in his time as IG, Buhari can sanitize the customs.

It's very annoying that Buhari hasn't been able to "clean up" one institution of government even though he tells us that he is fighting corruption.

This is a good head. You just wonder how dull most people are in Nigeria. No wonder our leader is lifeless. At the start of this border closure, so many gains were touted which have all turned out to audio gains.
Fuel subsidy is still high.
Insecurity is at its worst.
Local rice production has not been boosted.
Worst still, inflation has hit the roof which has worsened the economy.

When I see some peoples comment on this border closure of a thing it makes me wonder, those of you supporting the border closure, do u really think any nation can survive on its own, without the help of other nations, no nation is self sufficient, even AMERICA WORLD POWER can't survive on its own without help from other nations.

The same way goods are being imported into NIGERIA is the same way we also export goods to other nations, so when we are unable to export our own products aren't we loosing too.

If Buhari claims he closed the border because of smuggling then my question is, the custom officers at the border what exactly are they doing, are they there to fry Akara, if our customs do their job their will be no case of smuggling.

Buttom line is our president and the goverment in general doesn't give a damn about us, if u don't already know that by now, I really don't know what to say to u.

Just imagine Lai Mohammed wants to borrow $500m to upgrade NTA a channel nobody watches anymore, a channel that has stopped being relevant since the 90's, with all our debts they still want to plunge the country into more debt and worsen the economic situation.

[b][/b]SERIOUSLY DO THE MATH, AND REASON FOR YOURSELF

subtlemee:
this border closure just dey vex everybody why? was Nigeria this loose and porous? the closure should be lengthened so some can of worms can blow open

cans that have opened before, what happened to the worms?

This border closure has jolted our neighbours. The economic seismic shocks are being felt throughout the West African subregion and beyond.

Nigeria should leave the AU Just like england left the EU. It will benefit us more in terms of public image and revenue boost.

These idiots in Government will destroy West Africa soon.
Countries don't close borders with their neighbours.

Not even USA closed their Borders with Russia,
Borders are rather controlled

2cul2care:
When I see some peoples comment on this border closure of a thing it makes me wonder, those of you supporting the border closure, do u really think any nation can survive on its own, without the help of other nations, no nation is self sufficient, even AMERICA WORLD POWER can't survive on its own without help from other nations.

The same way goods are being imported into NIGERIA is the same way we also export goods to other nations, so when we are unable to export our own products aren't we loosing too.

If Buhari claims he closed the border because of smuggling then my question is, the custom officers at the border what exactly are they doing, are they there to fry Akara, if our customs do their job their will be no case of smuggling.

Buttom line is our president and the goverment in general doesn't give a damn about us, if u don't already know that by now, I really don't know what to say to u.

Just imagine Lai Mohammed wants to borrow $500m to upgrade NTA a channel nobody watches anymore, a channel that has stopped being relevant since the 90's, with all our debts they still want to plunge the country into more debt and worsen the economic situation.

SERIOUSLY DO THE MATH, AND REASON FOR YOURSELF

Yes, our Customs people are at the borders to fry akara, just like Aisha before her husband got elected in 2015 after repeatedly failing to get the job since 2003.



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Nigeria- a dumping site for all kind of goods, from substandard and fake goods to totally harmful products and byproducts.

Unfortunately, such activities are initiated and aided by her own citizens, including the officers tasked with border control.

Agboriotejoye:
You guys claimed border closure will bring down the price of rice, curb insecurity and improve the economy.
Kindly tell us which of the above has occurred since august.

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Ecowas!

Ecowas!!

Ecowas!!!

How many times did I call you?

I know the president of my country more than you do

Be careful so you don't experience ECOWASEXIT !!!!!!!!

That is good.

But Northern borders are not closed. Why the double standards?

sotey ecowas form committee!!! una go tey for dia

Zombie way
na one way,

Joro, jara, jorohh,

Zombie way
na one way,

Joro jara jorooohh

TheMan3:
what about sane and honest Nigerians doing cross border trade? What about sane and honest companies that greatly depends on export to ecowas market?

As usual anyone that doesn't support your propaganda is either dishonest, corrupt, or lazy

Is the border really that closed !!!

Even if they should involve AU and UN we aren't opening our borders yet.
I thought they said they can live without us.
Our national interest is far more important than Ecowas itself.

Are we still on this reopening/closure of border,I beg make them forget that for now jare. If Bihari likes he should open it, what the country is going through is more than the closure.