Border Closure: Federal Government Laments 1,400 Illegal Roads Existing As Smugglers Routes - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
December 9, 2019
The Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS says about one-thousand-four-hundred illegal border roads exist as smugglers routes, which create security challenges.
The Comptroller-General of the Service, David Parradang,said the country has only eighty-four approved land border control posts.
But the Federal Government noted that the porous bordershave resulted in a crisis in the economic sector that is affecting thedevelopment of the country. The Federal Government had, in August, announcedits border closure with Benin Republic.
The operation, under the codename: “Ex-Swift Response’’,was a collaborative security operation involving the Nigeria ImmigrationService, Nigeria Customs Service, together with Nigeria Police Force and theArmed Forces.
The partial closure of border with the Benin Republic hasbeen attributed to the massive smuggling activities, especially of rice, takingplace on that corridor.
Also, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service,Hameed Ali noted that the closure of Nigeria’s borders was undertaken to strengthenthe nation’s security and protect its economic interests.