Border Closure: Buhari Meets Ghanaian President, Akufo-Addo In London, Offers More Information: Buhari Meets Ghanaian President, Akufo-Addo In London, Offers More Information - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 21, 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari held a bilateral meeting with his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Akufo-Addo, in London and gave more explanation on why Nigeria’s borders were partially closed.
The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, FemiAdesina, in a statement in Abuja, said the meeting was held at the sidelines ofUK-Africa Investment Summit 2020.
Buhari stated that the partial closure of the borders werenot solely because food products, mainly rice, were being smuggled intoNigeria, but also because arms and ammunition, as well as hard drugs were beingferried into Nigeria.
He added that he could not keep his eyes open, and watchyouths being destroyed through cheap hard drugs, and compromised securitycaused by unbridled influx of small arms.
According to him, the Sahel region is awash with small arms,which accounts for severe security challenges in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso,Niger and Nigeria.
On his part, President Akufo-Addo pleaded for an expeditedprocess, because the Nigerian market is significant for certain categories ofbusiness people in Ghana.