The Federal government of Nigeria has approved the reopening of the Seme border yesterday for vehicle importation.
This was disclosed by the Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa on June 21 in an ECOWAS meeting with the officials of Nigeria and Benin Republic.
He said,“I was here with the former Minister of State for Transportation when the freight forwarders pleaded that the border should be reactivated for the free movement of goods and services.
The former minister made us prepare a memo to that effect. It was considered and sent to the government."
The Customs Area Controller of Seme Border Command, Dera Nnadi also expressed his views at the event saying, "The former Minister of Transportation, responding to some of our requests and from the stakeholders, promised to take them to the Federal Executive Council, FEC, one of them is how to fully open this border.
The Ministry has informed us that the memo has been written to FEC and it was adopted and that it would be given to the new government, he assured us that all the requests were adopted,"
This was disclosed by the Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa on June 21 in an ECOWAS meeting with the officials of Nigeria and Benin Republic.
He said,“I was here with the former Minister of State for Transportation when the freight forwarders pleaded that the border should be reactivated for the free movement of goods and services.
The former minister made us prepare a memo to that effect. It was considered and sent to the government."
The Customs Area Controller of Seme Border Command, Dera Nnadi also expressed his views at the event saying, "The former Minister of Transportation, responding to some of our requests and from the stakeholders, promised to take them to the Federal Executive Council, FEC, one of them is how to fully open this border.
The Ministry has informed us that the memo has been written to FEC and it was adopted and that it would be given to the new government, he assured us that all the requests were adopted,"