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September 22, 2019
The Petroleum ProductsPricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA said that the country’s daily petrolconsumption dropped from about 61 million litres to 50.22 million litresfollowing the partial closure of Nigeria’s western border with Benin Republic.
But a Professor ofInternational Law, Akin Oyebode said the sudden decision by the federalgovernment to close the border with members of the Economic Community of WestAfrican States ECOWAS violated the letter and spirit of the regionalinstitution as well as the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA.
PPPRA said betweenAugust 5 and September 8th, it observed a marked reduction in the volume ofpetrol trucked out from inland depots to various parts of the country, wherethey were needed.
President MuhammaduBuhari had recently ordered a partial closure of Nigeria’s border with BeninRepublic, mainly to check the smuggling of rice into Nigeria and restoregovernment’s support to rice farmers, which was reportedly affected by riceillegally brought in through the borders.