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Nigeria: Govt Gives Conditions for Reopening of Borders
This Day, 4 November 2019
The federal government has given fresh conditions to ECOWAS countries before reopening the borders. Read more »
Nigeria Lists Conditions to Reopen Border With Neighbours
Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has insisted that ECOWAS countries must respect rules of origin, vowing that Nigeria will no longer tolerate repackaging of imported goods. The minister maintained that goods imported into Nigeria's market must be escorted directly from the ports of member states to the borders. Onyeama also declared that any goods coming into the country from ECOWAS states must have 30% local inputs. The country's borders have been closed for several weeks in a move the government said was to grow the local economy and reduce illegal importation.
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Nigeria: Nigeria Lists Conditions to Reopen Border With Neighbours
Premium Times, 4 November 2019
The Nigerian government on Monday gave a list of conditions that must be met for it to reopen its borders. Read more »
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Ghana: Ghanaian Traders Lock Up Shops Belonging to Nigerians, Other Foreigners
Premium Times, 4 November 2019
Ghanaian traders at Opera Square in Accra on Tuesday locked up shops belonging to foreign nationals involved in retail business. Most of the shops are believed to belong to… Read more »
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Nigeria: Border Closure - Nigerian Rice Farmers Smiling to the Bank - Minister
Premium Times, 4 November 2019
The closure of Nigerian borders has energised rice farmers in the country who are now smiling to the bank due, the Minister for State for Agriculture and Rural Development,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Border Closure - Nigeria Demands 'Rules-Based System' for AcFTA
Premium Times, 4 November 2019
Nigeria on Monday demanded the establishment of a rules-based trading system if the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) it signed last July along with 54 countries in… Read more »
InFocus
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the border closure with neighbouring countries till January 31, 2020. The government closed its borders in August in a move ... Read more »
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Abebe Selassie, Director of African Department at the IMF, has said that the organisation understood that the Nigerian government closed the borders due to smuggling and other ... Read more »
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The Economic Community of West African States has appealed to the Nigerian government to reopen its borders. It warned that the partial closing of border crossings to Benin and ... Read more »
