President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the partial closure of the nation’s land borders has led to a decline in bandits’ use of weapons and ammunition that were brought into the country illegally.
He made the observation when he received President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday.
“Our major problem is security, the inflow of weapons, ammunition, and drugs. We have witnessed a decline in banditry using such weapons since the partial closure of the border. Also, our farmers are now able to sell their rice since we stopped the inflow of foreign rice, usually dumped in the country,’’ he said.
He said the issue of partial closure of Nigeria’s land border to goods from neighbouring countries would be determined by the report of a tripartite committee made up of Nigeria, Benin, and the Niger Republic.
The president affirmed that Nigeria’s decision to partially close the border was purely to safeguard national security.
