The Border Closure is Scoring An OWN Goal
We need to do better on this land border as a nation. If Customs is not prepared to do its job, closing the border will not fix the root cause. It is offensive to Nigerians living legally in border towns, now petrol stations are folding as our “authorities banned deliveries of petroleum products to stations within 20 kilometres”. If that happens for 6 months, communities will collapse. I do not think that is what we expect in this country. Samuel has some perspectives on this.
Fuel stations along Nigeria's land borders have closed and prices have spiked after customs authorities banned deliveries of petroleum products to stations within 20 kilometres (12 miles) of the border in an attempt to curb smuggling.
Border communities have complained about the move however, prompting Nigeria's lower chamber of parliament on Tuesday to call on the customs service to lift the indefinite ban.