Nigeria, Benin and Niger Republics have constituted a joint border patrol team comprising the Police, Customs and Immigration of the tripartite countries to recommend a date for the reopening of the borders.
The three countries agreed in a resolution in Abuja at the end of the Tripartite Anti-Smuggling Committee Meeting of Nigeria, Benin and Niger republics.
Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, while reading the communiqué at the end of the meeting, said the meeting took note of all concerns raised and agreed to establish a monitoring and evaluating committee of the three countries.
Onyeams said that the committee will comprise of Ministers of Finance, Trade, Foreign Affairs, Customs, Immigration and National Security Adviser.
He said that the Committee is with a mandate to ensure actions that would facilitate and enhance the suppression of smuggled goods and other related matters.
The team is to hold its first meeting in Abuja from November 25 to 27.
