Also yesterday, Acting NCS Comptroller-General, Mr Wale Adeniyi, debunked reports that the Federal Government had ordered all land borders across the country opened.
He told reporters after a meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that the borders which were not among the selected strategic ones reopened in 2022 still remain shut, although a thorough review of the situation is currently ongoing.
He said as part of efforts to enhance border security and regional integration, he plans to visit the Republic of Benin to engage in discussions with their Customs Administration.
According to him, the aim is to foster collaboration, address border security concerns, facilitate importation across the border, and explore technological solutions to complex border challenges.
“Well, it is not true that all Nigerian borders have been opened. The status quo ante still exists in the borders.
“If you remember that the borders were completely shut down in 2018 up until 2022 when some selected strategic borders were reopened, that is the situation as we speak.
“This was why we had an ad hoc arrangement of a special unit coordinated by the Office of the NSA to enforce that border closure.
“But as we speak, about five of them have been reopened. Four were initially reopened and two more were open after that. And that is still the situation.
“There are ongoing processes to review this situation against the objective of the border closure itself.
“The processes are not yet completed. And of course, when the borders are reopened, it’s not going to be subject of rumour in any way.”
