Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, has urged the federal government to reopen the land boarder because it might hinder exportation of Nigerian locally made good to the neighboring countries.
Falana explained that if the disclosure of the land boarder lingers, the countries may also go further by closing down Nigerian banks and other Nigerian businesses operating in their countries.
The lawyer made this known on Thursday, October 24, at the annual conference of the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Accra, Ghana, on Thursday, while delivering his speech on “Rule of Law, Good Governance and Economic Development.”
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He added that instead of the government closing the borders, it should dialogue with Nigeria’s neighbouring countries to fight smuggling and other activities that necessitated the closure.
The lawyer explained that the effect of border closure may be disastrous on the Nigerian economy if sustained for too long as neighbouring countries may retaliate by imposing a ban on Nigerian goods from coming into their countries.
He said they may also go further by closing down Nigerian banks and other Nigerian businesses operating in their countries.
The lawyer explained that the effect of border closure may be disastrous on the Nigerian economy if sustained for too long as neighbouring countries may retaliate by imposing a ban on Nigerian goods from coming into their countries.