The National Association of Nigerian Traders, NANTS has advocated for the opening of the land borders and compensation of genuine traders whose goods were impounded since borders’ closure.
NANTS President Ken Ukaoha made the call during a Webinar meeting on the “Implications and Matters Arising from the Nigeria Border Closure and Dynamics of COVID-19 on Nigeria’s Trade Competitiveness”.
He also recalled that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, in August 20, 2019 the Federal Government had closed the land borders based on genuine reasons including smuggling of arms and light weapons, noting that other reasons were drug peddling and unguarded influx of prohibited items into Nigeria’s trade environment through the borders.
The President however, Ukaoha decried what he described as huge economic losses occasioned by the border closure to genuine traders with legitimate transaction, especially goods with expiry dates that got stranded at the borders.
