By Camillus Eboh
By Camillus Eboh
ABUJA, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Nigeria and neighbouring international locations Benin and Niger have agreed to arrange a joint border patrol power to deal with smuggling between the West African international locations, they stated in a communique on Thursday.
Overseas ministers from the three international locations met to debate smuggling following a choice by regional big Nigeria, which has Africa’s largest economic system and largest inhabitants, to shut its land borders to commerce till no less than Jan. 31, 2020.
Nigeria launched a partial border closure in August to deal with smuggling of rice and different items. And final month the top of customs confirmed that every one commerce by way of land borders had been halted indefinitely.
The joint communique from the assembly in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, stated the Benin and Niger delegations had appealed for the speedy re-opening of Nigeria’s borders.
The issues have been famous and the delegates agreed on the “institution of a joint border…