Mfun Land Borders – The Commerce Africa https://thecommerceafrica.com African Reneissance Thu, 17 Dec 2020 05:47:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 Nigeria Opens Seme, Illela, Maigatari, Mfun Land Borders https://thecommerceafrica.com/nigeria-opens-seme-illela-maigatari-mfun-land-borders/ https://thecommerceafrica.com/nigeria-opens-seme-illela-maigatari-mfun-land-borders/#respond Thu, 17 Dec 2020 05:47:51 +0000 http://thecommerceafrica.com/?p=2930 President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, ordered the immediate reopening of four land borders.

The Presidency made this known in a tweet today. “President Buhari has directed the immediate opening of four land borders: Seme, Illela, Maigatari, and Mfun,” @NGRPresident tweeted.

Nigeria had in August 2019 closed its land borders to curtail illegal importation of drugs, small arms and agricultural products into country from neighbouring West African nations.

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, had last month hinted on the reopening of the nation’s borders.

Ahmed had said the presidential committee set up on the matter had completed its job and had recommended the reopening of the borders.

The minister, on Wednesday, after a Federal Executive Council meeting, disclosed the reopening of Seme Border in Lagos State, Illela Border in Sokoto State, Maigatari Border in Jigawa State, and Mfun Border in Cross River State.

According to her, other borders would be reopened before December 31, 2020.

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