The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, retired Colonel Hameed Ali, made the disclosure in Abuja on Sunday.
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The Ebonyi State Government has lifted the dusk to dawn curfew imposed on the State as a measure against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has ordered the withdrawal of government appointees enforcing border closure at the various posts except Itu Bridge and Boki borders.
Security chiefs in Kebbi State have combined efforts to ensure total border closure in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive to curtail the spread of Coronavirus Disease pandemic in the country.
The Kwara State Government has announced the immediate closure of its local and external borders amid ramped up efforts to block entries of vehicles from outside and prevent the outbreak of COVID-19 in the state.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Monday visited the border linking Kano and Kaduna States to monitor compliance to the total ban on movement of vehicles into the state.
Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State on Saturday announced a ban on travels in and out of the state with effect from March 29.
The Niger State Government has banned intra- and inter-state movement of people and vehicles as part of measures to curtail the spread of Coronavirus Disease in the State.
The Kano State Government has ordered the closure of land borders and routes linking the state to other parts of the country with effect from March 27 to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease.
The Rivers State Government on Wednesday announced the closure of all air, sea and land routes into the state in a move to check the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) to the State.
The Joint Security Operatiion, code named: Exercise SWIFT Response,” has seized items valued at N7.3 billion in seven months of partial border closure by the Federal Government.
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the closure of the country’s border is necessary to protect the Nigerian economy against unfair actions which run contrary to acceptable norms.
The Southern Nigeria Peoples Mandate has urged the Federal Government to extend the current border closure to 2023 due to its enormous benefits to the country’s economy.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in London said the partial closure of Nigeria’s borders is not meant to punish her neighbours, but to strengthen the country’s security and economy.
Mohammed Garba, the newly appointed Coordinator for the Joint Border Operations Drill, North central Zone, Ilorin, Kwara, says Federal Government policy on temporary border closure is not designed to witchhunt or obstruct legal businesses.
The General Manager Corporate and Strategic Communications of NPA, Adams Jatto, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Saturday.
A member of the Lagos State Chapter of the Poultry Association of Nigeria told the Federal Government on Tuesday to extend the closure of land borders to a minimum of five years.
The land border closure with neighbouring countries has saved the poultry industry in Nigeria about N50 billion since its commencement in October.
The Nigeria Labour Congress in Bayelsa on Thursday applauded the Federal Government for the boarder closure, saying the policy was yielding positive results in various local products, especially rice.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says Federal Government’s closure of the Nigerian border does not in any way breach the free trade agreement in the West African sub-region.