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November 4, 2019
The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS hasclarified that there is no date yet for the reopening of borders that have beenpartially closed since August.
The explanation came on the heels ofa social media report that the borders would be reopened on January 31.
The report referred to a directive byPresident Muhammadu Buhari to the Customs, setting January 312020,as the terminal date for the border-closure.
The Customs’ Public RelationsOfficer, Joseph Attah explained that the internal memo the online media quoteddid not set any date for the reopening of the borders. He said the memo wasonly referring to the terminal date of the joint security outfit, Ex SwiftResponse.
Attah maintained that the partial borderclosure would last till the achievement of its set objectives.