Why borders must remain closed, by Ogun Assembly Speaker
3 years agoA water vendor crosses the barrier at the closed Niger-Nigeria border in Jibia on February 17, 2024. - Nigeria, which shares 1,600 km of border with its neighbor, was until now one of Niger's main trading partners with $193 million in exports in 2022 according to the United Nations (electricity, tobacco, cement, etc). Since the border closure, it has even been a double whammy for the local population, who have seen food prices explode under the combined effect of new movement restrictions and galloping inflation after the Nigerian president , Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in office since May, implemented economic reforms which plunged the country into crisis. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)
Ogun State House of Assembly Speaker, Daisi Elemide, has backed the Federal Government on closure of borders.