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Buhari orders immediate opening of four land borders

By Uchechi Ojo December 16, 2020272 views

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate opening of four land borders.

The borders are Seme in the southwest, Illela in Sokoto State, Maigatari in the northwest, and Mfun in the south-south.

The announcement was made by the Minister of Finance at the end of the 28th virtual FEC meeting on Wednesday, December 16, 2020.

The President also directed other land borders to be opened by December 31, 2020.

It would be recalled that Buhari had on December 8, 2020, revealed plans to reopen its land borders.

He explained that the closure of the nation’s land borders was part of the efforts by the government to control the smuggling of weapons and drugs into the country.

President Buhari stated this at a security meeting with members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

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