No Date for Reopening Borders – Buhari

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President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he has not given any date for the reopening of the land borders.

He said that the closure will remain until the situation improved.

The president said that the country’s domestic fuel consumption had dropped by more than 30 percent since the closure.

Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesperson, in a statement in Abuja, said the president made the disclosure when he received a delegation of Katsina State Elders Forum in his country home in Daura, Katsina State.

Bihari said his administration’s directive on the border closure was meant to curb smuggling, especially rice, and that so far, the closures had saved the country huge sums on import bills.

He acknowledged the hardship of border communities following the ban on the sale of fuel at stations 20km to the border, a restriction that also saw to the closure of all fuel stations in his native home, Daura.