The Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said the Federal Government may reopen the land borders soon.

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), had in October 2019 ordered the closure of the borders to check the menace of smuggling goods and arms and ammunition into the country and protect local businesses. The closure was, however, greeted by mixed reactions from professional organisations, economists and individuals.

Heads of countries like Ghana and Benin Republic had also appealed to the President to reconsider the closure, but the President maintained that the borders would remain closed until the final report of the committee set up on the matter was considered. He added that neighbouring countries must also show commitment to curtailing smuggling from their ends.


Meanwhile, Osinbajo, responding to a question on the continued closure of the land borders especially at a time the African Continental Free Trade Agreement is being prepped for take-off, said on Thursday that the government was working with neighbouring countries on the terms of reopening the border.

Osinbajo, who spoke during a webinar organised by The Africa Report, themed, ‘Bouncing back: Nigeria’s post-pandemic recovery plan’, stated, “We are working with our neighbours to see on what terms we would reopen those borders. At the moment, we are undertaking joint border patrols to control smuggling along the borders and we think it is working and I’m sure that soon enough we should have the borders opened.


“We are committed to the AfCFTA but we are concerned about threats to security and the economy and we had to take certain actions that would satisfy the immediate needs of our country. It (border closure) certainly wasn’t meant to be permanent and we are looking forward to reopening as quickly as possible.”


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Well, the northern borders are open for unimpeded
flow of arms and combatants to sustain boko haram and fulani terrorists unleashing mayhem in the north. all know that Nigerian borders are so widely open but only closed on paper. Foriegh stuffs are still entering the country unhindered courtesy of th criminal customs and their cronies. If you like, close it till eternity, we must live and survive in plenty sef.

It's well

Confused clowns, are northern borders not seriously open for smuggling as we speak ? Useless people

If you know the damages this ill-advised prolonged land border closure did to businesses in this country, you will weep for this country Nigeria

Buhari's policy summersault is choking us business to a slow painful death. Funny enough, I think it is done out of a very sick purpose.

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Does anyone care?

Look how small Ghana of yesterday is giving this government conditions .

Did they really close the borders up North?
If borders were closed to mitigate illegal arms, who then has been supplying bokoharam with arms and amunitions since the onset of border closure? Can't you see the problem is internal sabotage?

After the Niger road is finished

Look how size Ghana of today is giving this goverment circumstances .

says the mere commissioner,


Before you foam in the mouth, did they locked northern border.

That small Ghana have threatened them.

But no body takes you serious in govt activities Mr Osinbajo, even the local Yoruba Muslims Miscreants prefer Tinubu more than you

They should open the Border, but they should make sure no Ghanaian comes into Nigeria to buy goods that we use our hard earned dollar to buy from Asia. The cedi go devalued when we shut our borders cos their traders have to put pressure on their own currency too.

You can't be cheating Nigeria and be forming bigger

After Vengance From Our Neigbors.

Closure of d border has not toned down insurgency in any way