Customize Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

The news is by your side.

- Advertisement -

FG Urges Nigerians To Endure Over Border Closure

The Federal Government on Friday, urged Nigerians to endure the pains of border closure as it would ensure that Nigeria farmers are prosperous.

 

 Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said this in Benin at a town hall meeting as part of activities at the ongoing National Festival for Arts and Culture. 

- Advertisement -

- Advertisement -

 

 According to him, part of the reason for the border closure was to get the attention of neighbouring countries to be serious in border policing.

 

 Prof. Osinbajo noted that smuggling discouraged local production and does not allow Nigeria farmers have access to market. 

 

ALSO READ  Aregbesola Tasks  Immigration Officers To  Display High Level Of Professionalism On Duty

“Part of the reasons for shutting the border is the smuggling that has been going on. If we continue to allow the Chinese and others to continue to bring in all those things, we will kill farming completely and most of our people will not be employed.

 

- Advertisement -

“There may be some pains in order to gain. The countries of the world that are prosperous didn’t allow anybody to bring in anything to their country. 

 

They made sure they grew what they eat. I can assure you that very soon you will see a great deal of progress, you will see a more of our own commodity coming into the market,” he said. 

ALSO READ  NDDC Inaugurates Aquaculture Centre In Abia, Advances SDGs On Poverty Eradication

 

He noted that the reason some commodity are more expensive today is because smuggling has been stopped, saying that they have to encourage local farmers so that they can prosper. 

 

Also speaking Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, said his administration is committed to leveraging on the state’s cultural capital to drive investment in tourism sector. 

 

 

 

Comments are closed.