According to Wale Adeniyi, acting comptroller general of the Nigeria Customs Service, not all of the land borders that the federal government closed across Nigeria in 2018 have been reopened.
Only six strategically important land borders were reopened in 2021, according to Adeniyi, who made this statement on Tuesday following a private meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Villa in Abuja.
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The head of Customs informed journalists that efforts to examine the situation and achieve border security and regional integration are still ongoing.
The reopening of the borders, he pointed out, will be made public.
Adeniyi bemoaned the difficulty of smuggling fuel across borders and predicted that the elimination of petrol subsidies and the ensuing rise in fuel prices would eventually dissuade traffickers.
The new government policies, in the opinion of the head of customs, will lessen the ongoing problem of smuggling of the essential good.
He said that in addition to improving user-friendly ports, exports, and assuring 48-hour clearance of products around the ports, his conversation with the President also focused on these issues.
