Nonsense talk!

gloriaunobi:
How did he get to Nigeria if the border is closed? Your people should transport goods through the means which you used to transport yourself here

I logged in to like this comment.Abeg tell them

blowjohn:


If illegal immigrants can cross, drugs and arms can cross too. Especially drugs.
Don't u think so?

I've already discussed all that before the thread hit the front page. Please follow through till page 2.

The is that Nigeria can not sustain border closure for long so its better we get quickly on the table every necessary agreement with neighbouring countries, get done with them and reopen the borders for business to thrive again.

helinues:
Like Jonathan like Mahama

There were both vp when their country president died

They both lost reelection after first term as president

They both have no balls

brother grow up and be objective in ur criticism, not throwing shades at every given time, u are a young man with potential if not I am not mistaken? There will be life after tribal bigotry, be a role model 2 ur children ok?

The man is talking sense. Nigerian government should strengthen our institutions, not giving the weakness as a reason for border closure.

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Okoroawusa:

If you want Mahama to be your president he can be... Just close your eyes and go back to the year he was Ghana's president and stay there.

This one weak me sha..king of savagery

Area4Area:
You made some mistake here,
The reason the the Nigerian authorities is holding Benin responsible is because they are breaking ECOWAS rules pertaining importing from a third party using its seaport and allowing transportation of same to another member country.

Nigerian importers can import through Benin, Benin collects her normal tariffs and must provide escorts for those goods to the Nigerian border and they are handed over to the Nigerian customs where Nigeria collects her tariffs too but Benin wouldn't do that because they know it would discourage importers coming through their ports so they are not following up on ECOWAS rules.

Importation of rice using our seaport is not illegal, the Nigerian government increased the tariffs on rice to encourage farmers to increase production, importers seeing that importing through Nigerian ports was more expensive decided to use Benin ports where tariffs are lower and then smuggle into Nigeria.
If Benin had followed the ECOWAS rules and escorting the goods to the Nigerian border and handing over to their Nigerian customs, the closure wouldn't have happened.

You talk enough sense walahi!!

efighter:
Ghana ex-president is still talking because he is still eating once a day, by the time he goes tow days without food, then he will now that Nigerians no be dem papa mate. Useless burnt offerings.

USA has competent Immigration, Customs and Excise, Police and Army, yet USA is still building a wall against Mexico. Now, tell me something else.

a wall with entry point

gloriaunobi:
How did he get to Nigeria if the border is closed? Your people should transport goods through the means which you used to transport yourself here

he made some vital points, u can't have a weak institutions and u are chasing rat.

Oblongata:

Who is ECOWAS?

Nigeria
in other words, he is saying bubu should expel bubu..

Abeg mad man or whtever dem call you... no chuk ur mouth for 9ja matter.... dey ur lane mr man, focus on fvking ghana.

Which kind nosy people are Ghanaians sef??
Buhari tell u say hin need ur advice?? Ah ah

Indeed, we suffer from very weak institutions due to the persistent personalisation of governance.

The strongman dogma has proven once again to be misfit for democracy with the m closure of the border being a tacit admission if the total failure of the Customs Service for which no one has been called to account, no known new policy thrusts to reposition it for purpose and no new programs of retraining, rekitting and reorientation of the men and women of that service.

But just like in 1984, a thoughtless fiat is making multi-millionaires of those men at the borders by the minute. The military have had their windfall from unending insecurity, now its the time of the para-military to partake in the 'commerce' of goverment by executive fiat.

Afterall the boys must be kept happy.

ohhh

gloriaunobi:
How did he get to Nigeria if the border is closed? Your people should transport goods through the means which you used to transport yourself here

Nice response...

And who was the other guy refering to?
His agemate on nairaland right?

sapoyoro:

you have no home training obviously,otherwise you did make your comment without including parents who may even be unaware of nairaland's existence.

fyneguy:


So USA that is building a wall against Mexico has institutional weakness too, right? lol funny lot

the USA wall is meant to improve on what they already have. the wall is not meant to stop goods coming in. there will be entry point

You no get the key for your hand?. Come and open it na.

Many people dont know what they talk and write about. If border control is so easy, Donald Trump and his supporters will not be pushing for building the wall between Mexico and the USA. If every Nigerian is enrolled into Custom and lines up to cover the border, there will still be gaps. Ghana is saying whatever they are saying in the interest of Ghana and not that of Nigeria

Even one of the most competent countries with sophisticated and well trained personnel in Immigration, Customs and Excise, Police and Army is still building a wall on her border against Mexico including Isreal too! Can the ex Mumu president tell me they have domestic institutional problem also? Some problem require drastic solution and that's what's happening!

No wonder he lost his re-election bid

We are just battling smuggling and economic sabotage Mr. President. Borders will be opened and we will get to real business; that a deal.

musicwriter:


The issues are not the same.The issue they have is illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico. Totally Mexico's fault.

Yours is NIGERIAN CITIZENS importing rice into Nigeria from neighboring countries. Totally Nigeria's fault.

Ehen okay ... we agree its Nigerian citizens importing the rice and so we are dealing with it the way we the Nigerians (border owners) find it fit! Wetin concern ghana with our choice? Na dem border buhari close??

who are u to advice nigerians on what to do, your country that is not upto lagos and calabar put together.

helinues:
Like Jonathan like Mahama

There were both vp when their country president died

They both lost reelection after first term as president

They both have no balls

If Jonathan had not been reasonable you may have been dead by now stupeed

0monnak0da:
Clearly you are misinformed.
It is not illegal to import rice into Nigeria That is not true
I do not know why you are so fixated on rice. The border was not closed because of "rice"

WHY WASTING YOUR TIME ON SOMEONE THAT IS SLOW I BEGG

Omooba77:


Oma ku iku Jonathan

Ye bariba

Past and current presidents keep giving lectures , am yet to see the dullard do same

musicwriter:


If guns smuggled from US into Mexico, that's US fault.

If illegal migrants crossing over Mexico's border into US, that's Mexico's fault.

You don't need to be in Mexico or US to understans their border situation. You can read it up, plus follow the news. Ironically, [/b]I've imported rice into Nigeria[b] and here explaining the problem and solution to people who haven't been in the business before, yet you all think you know better. Rice smuggling into Nigeria would never stop, until NIGERIANS stop smuggling it.

Now, let's talk about Nigeria's border, please. This thread isn't about Mexico and Nigeria.

Ehen... na now i understand where you are coming from. Take heart O, you hear? Sorrrry but borders remain closed find another job

seunmsg:


It is still about institutional capacity to control who or what comes in through the land border. America can not control the inflow of illegal migrants through her borders. Nigeria can not control smuggling of goods through her borders.

Trump told Mexico to control the inflow of illegal migrants from their end or else trade relationship would be affected and he will build a wall that Mexico will pay for. Buhari also told our neighbors to control smuggling from their end or else, the borders would remain shut.

Both countries are using the instrumentality of access to their market to force their neighbors to act in a particular way. So, what’s the difference?

And what happens after Nigeria produces enough to export to ECOWAS nations and they close the borders against our produce suddenly. What do you think the sudden event will cost the manufacturing companies in such event?

Somebody that could not win re-election in Ghana wants to advise us

Reference:
Indeed, we suffer from very weak institutions due to the persistent personalisation of governance.

The strongman dogma has proven once again to be misfit for democracy with the m closure of the border being a tacit admission if the total failure of the Customs Service for which no one has been called to account, no known new policy thrusts to reposition it for purpose and no new programs of retraining, rekitting and reorientation of the men and women of that service.

But just like in 1984, a thoughtless fiat is making multi-millionaires of those men at the borders by the minute. The military have had their windfall from unending insecurity, now its the time of the para-military to partake in the 'commerce' of goverment by executive fiat.

Afterall the boys must be kept happy.

You head has oil. Spoke like a true professional with expatriate knowledge at holistic issues surrounding everything.

Nice comment. Wish the Young's lads wimould understand its a totally disgusting event.