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December 16, 2019
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono says Federal Government’s border closure does not in any way breach the free-trade agreement in the West African sub-region.
TheMinister explained that the measure is meant to protect the country and itscitizens from the nefarious activities that take place at the borders. He addedthat the Federal Government is holding talks with the countries concerned, toensure that they kept to the terms of the free-trade agreement.
Nanonosaid the Free-trade does not mean Nigeria has to be a dumping ground foreverything imported by others, adding that the products are not even from allthese countries involved, adding that the border closure was not meant to hurtanybody.
TheMinister noted that one of the major impacts of the border closure was thatNigerians have begun to consume local rice and other locally-producedcommodities, pointing out that a lot of activities were going on at the borderswhich were not in the interest of Nigeria and Nigerians.