Tag: Border Closure
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Third Mainland Bridge: FG, LASG draw traffic plan towards 6 months closure
Federal and Lagos State Governments on Tuesday announced traffic management plan towards partial closure of the ‘Third Mainland Bridge’ for six months maintenance. At a joint media briefing, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, said that the routine maintenance of the bridge, would be carried out from July 24 to Jan.…
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COVID-19: South West governors agree on border closure, mandate wearing of face masks
Governors of the six South-West states of Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo have dissolved the board of Odu’a Investment Limited. Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu announced the dissolution. He said the dissolution took immediate effect. The governors mandated the Group Managing Director of the company to take charge of…
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COVID-19: Ghana extends border closure by two weeks
Ghana has extended the closure of all of its borders for two more weeks, an official said. “This is to curtail the importation of COVID-19 cases and help us focus on the enhanced tracing and testing programme within the country”, said the Minister for Information Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah. Ghana announced the closure of its entry points…
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Border closure: Customs now rakes in N6b daily – CG
Nigeria now rakes in between N5 billion and N6 billion daily from imports since the closure of its land borders with neighbouring countries. Prior to the closure in August 2019, daily duty collections hovered between N4 billion and N5 billon, said the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Lagos on Tuesday. The NCS Comptroller-General Col. Hammed…
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Border closure not meant to punish Neighbouring countries – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says border closure is not meant to punish neighbouring countries. Buhari at a meeting on Saturday with a select group of the Nigerian community in London, however, said the closure is to strengthen the country’s security and economy. In a statement issued after the meeting, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, said the president…
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Border closure, window for increased rice production – Rice farmer
A Lagos-based rice farmer, Mrs Bosun Solarin, has commended the Federal Government for closing land borders and ensuring a window for local farmers to work hard to meet increasing rice demand in the country. Solarin, also a member of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), made the commendation during an interview with the News Agency…
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Border closure: IMF backs Nigeria, urges speedy resolution of issue
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has backed Nigeria’s closure of its borders with some neighbouring countries over issues bordering on illegal trade. Mr Abebe Selassie, the Director of the African Department at the IMF, gave the position at a media briefing on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Washington. He was responding…