Too bad

[quote author=Area4Area post=86578621]In cases like this, there are winners and losers, what counts is which outweighs the other.
Our farmers and manufacturers are strongly winning while smugglers and well to be sincere, few manufacturers are losing, still a win-win for us. Any serious exporter can use the seaports[/quote
What about the goods that are incurring dumurrage in millions.you are aware that people’s goods are packed there since then.

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Until now Buhari hasn’t said anything about the opening of the border.

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Hopes of some stakeholders who expected the border to be re-opened as the first phase of the Ex Swift s exercise expired today have been dashed, as the Federal Government insists that there is no timeline to closure of the land borders.

For 165 days (over five months), the Federal Government has successfully shut the land borders to reduce indiscriminate smuggling of foreign rice, vehicles and other illicit items.

With the embargo, regional traders across the border suffered while transporters also groan under intense hardship imposed on them.

Besides, neighbouring countries such as the Republic of Benin, Niger and Ghana have bemoaned the severe impact of the border closure on their economies.


As the first phase of the exercise comes to an end, affected stakeholders are now counting their losses, which is in billions of naira, but they will need to further endure as the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) declared that the action is indefinite.

A memo with reference number NCS/ENF/ABJ/221/S.45 marked “Restricted” and dated November 1, 2019 by the Deputy Comptroller of Customs (Enforcement, Investigation and Inspectorate), Victor Dimka, to the sector coordinators stated that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved extension of border closure till January 2020.

The Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, and spokespersons for Ex Swift Responses, Joseph Attah, told The Guardian yesterday that there was nothing like timeline to end the border closure. He stated that the referenced memo was an internal communication that has nothing to do with border re-opening.

He said: “That particularly phase was supposed to have ended earlier, but it was extended. Don’t forget that they gave these officers their allowances, so the communication was in line with whatever the officers are entitled to for that phase. It is purely an internal communication. I have said it before.”

Meanwhile, President, West African Road Transport Union (WARTU), Salami Nasiru, said the Federal Government must put structures in place, if it actually wanted to protect its borders against influx of illicit items and illegal migrants.

According to him, even if the border is closed for 1,000 years, it will not change anything, until the Nigerian government takes the bull by the horn and put infrastructure in place, as well as orientate the necessary stakeholders in the cross-border trade.

He lamented that goods worth billions of naira were still stuck at the border for about five months since the border was closed, adding that some of them had rotten away.

Nasiru added that the transporters and importers were still incurring demurrage on the cargos that were stuck at the borders.

Many of the importers, he said, had gone bankrupt, while others continued to groan under unnecessary expenses to keep their drivers, vehicles and the goods in good condition at the border point.

A clearing agent in Seme, Kunle Aromolaran, said he had lost hope in the re-opening of the border, as the closure had cost many agents jobs.
By Sulaimon Salau
31 January 2020

Hopes of some stakeholders who expected the border to be re-opened as the first phase of the Ex Swift s exercise expired today have been dashed, as the Federal Government insists that there is no timeline to closure of the land borders.

For 165 days (over five months), the Federal Government has successfully shut the land borders to reduce indiscriminate smuggling of foreign rice, vehicles and other illicit items.

With the embargo, regional traders across the border suffered while transporters also groan under intense hardship imposed on them.

Besides, neighbouring countries such as the Republic of Benin, Niger and Ghana have bemoaned the severe impact of the border closure on their economies.


As the first phase of the exercise comes to an end, affected stakeholders are now counting their losses, which is in billions of naira, but they will need to further endure as the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) declared that the action is indefinite.

A memo with reference number NCS/ENF/ABJ/221/S.45 marked “Restricted” and dated November 1, 2019 by the Deputy Comptroller of Customs (Enforcement, Investigation and Inspectorate), Victor Dimka, to the sector coordinators stated that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved extension of border closure till January 2020.

The Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller of Customs, and spokespersons for Ex Swift Responses, Joseph Attah, told The Guardian yesterday that there was nothing like timeline to end the border closure. He stated that the referenced memo was an internal communication that has nothing to do with border re-opening.

He said: “That particularly phase was supposed to have ended earlier, but it was extended. Don’t forget that they gave these officers their allowances, so the communication was in line with whatever the officers are entitled to for that phase. It is purely an internal communication. I have said it before.”

Meanwhile, President, West African Road Transport Union (WARTU), Salami Nasiru, said the Federal Government must put structures in place, if it actually wanted to protect its borders against influx of illicit items and illegal migrants.

According to him, even if the border is closed for 1,000 years, it will not change anything, until the Nigerian government takes the bull by the horn and put infrastructure in place, as well as orientate the necessary stakeholders in the cross-border trade.

He lamented that goods worth billions of naira were still stuck at the border for about five months since the border was closed, adding that some of them had rotten away.

Nasiru added that the transporters and importers were still incurring demurrage on the cargos that were stuck at the borders.

Many of the importers, he said, had gone bankrupt, while others continued to groan under unnecessary expenses to keep their drivers, vehicles and the goods in good condition at the border point.

A clearing agent in Seme, Kunle Aromolaran, said he had lost hope in the re-opening of the border, as the closure had cost many agents jobs.

gredenco1:
Nigerians will be laughing at Ghanaians now but the situation also affects the Nigerian traders.
As he is crying, so is the person he buys from in Nigeria.......
my senior brother does similar business in Lagos and has complained about the border closure..
it's funny until someone that sponsors you is directly affected

My dear it’s a really terrible situations that ones that are directly affected would know.I just pray he will open the border so we can pay for the dumorage and carry our goods. He can close it back and take the key to Aso rock.

I lost most of my goods in this fire outbreak just within few minutes...I pray that God will restore all that I lost today.its just too much���

He can open the border so that people can carry their goods.A lot of goods there has incurred more dumorage than the profit.

Empredboy:
This has been on since on Monday and no one is saying anything ,the only information we heard is that the border will be shut for 28days.
Government should please consider some perishable goods that are stranded also some are on transit to Cameroon through the border.
Some means of livelihood depends on that border. Government please come to our rescue

I am not too happy about this..it would have been closed later but not this time.God help us

i just hope either the bus is vacant or they have escaped.

Sometimes i wonder if we are really moving forward as a country.

A boy living with my neighbour scored 314 and it was local school that he attended.I just wish this kind of help will locate him.

Zzyy:


Girl child dat use to give one problem once dey attain puberty....nwanne I can't allow one child give me heart attack jare.

Boys have their own headache too

this is for me...God i want girls not boys

RIP

How i wish that somebody can trace her with that pic and her name

I love this

Ceekay212:
I wanted to insult you but that would have been an insult to the insult because you are not Worth it.

Word!!!

Happy birthday her KING

MorataFC:
yeah you are 100% correct, Buhari can never loose to Atiku not in the North, I said before that Atiku committed political blunders by picking his running mate from South East, we all know southeast and south/south are PDP's, anybody PDP picks as their presidential candidate they will vote for him, southwest is APC, if he had picked his running mate from southwest there's possibility that southwest votes would be divided or even majority votes for him.
Sentiment plays majority role in election, many people don't care about the profile of the candidates they vote for once the candidate is from their region/state they will vote for him.
Political sentiment is what is killing Nigeria today u can't expect southwest to leave Osinbajo and vote for Obi.

hmmmm...Tell me, which of the zone would have been better

shugabasbn:
Why some Ibos are full of hate and their hatred is spreading faster, seriously worrying if care is not taken it may consume us as a country.

stop saying rubbish and focus on how to better your life and destiny

Which election was peaceful? So why the cancellation of many polling units that would have increase PDP votes

I just hope that those international observers will stay put.i dont want to hear the story that they have gone to come back late.r

I just hope that those international observers will stay put.i dont want the story that they have gone to come backlater

sogodihno:
God bless the people General. OBJ will be retired from politics, he expect the general to bow for him, like GEJ and Atiku.

PMB we enter and he deal with the Looters Association of Nigeria(LAN)


Buhari/Osinbajo 2019.

4+4.

hope you know that Tinubu is among the LAN.....Infact the chairman

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CarolineOlawale:
Name any osu flat head that can match the accomplishments of davido the froggy


Potor-potor fools are so envy of O.B.O they had to cook up a story to pull him down. But guess what? All ipigs that plan this has failed.


Useless chest beaters!

Are you okay?

Oloripelebe:
Go and spend it at any sabo near u make aboki deal with una... Useless flat headed pigs

This smells like somebody is jealous......So just take thing easy,u might find yours too.