The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, and his
Ghanaian counterpart, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, have met in Abuja to
deliberate on the closure of the Nigeria-Benin border.
The meeting comes as the Republic of Ghana laments the collateral
damage suffered by Ghanaian exporters occasioned by the closing of the
Nigeria’s land borders.
Also present at the meeting were the Ghanaian Minister of Trade, Hon.
Alan Kyerematen, and the Ghanaian acting High Commissioner to Nigeria,
Mrs Iva Denoo, who accompanied Botchwey to the closed-door meeting with
Mr Onyeama.
The meeting, according to Kimiebi Ebienfa of the Crises Monitoring
and Public Communications Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
specifically discussed the collateral damage suffered by Ghanaian
exporters and resolved to address the issue.
The Federal Government, had in its effort to curb perennial smuggling
through the country’s borders, indefinitely closed the land borders to
all movement of goods.
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hameed
Ali (retd) said in Abuja that the government banned all goods from being exported or imported through the country’s land borders, adding that
the decision was to ensure total control over the borders.
The meeting between Ghana and Nigeria is coming on the heels of
concerns by neighbouring countries over the adverse effect of the
closure on their economies.
“The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, received in
audience, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration of the
Republic of Ghana, H.E. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, on Wednesday, 16th
October 2019, in his office on a courtesy visit,” Ebienfa stated.
“The Ghanaian Foreign Minister was accompanied by the Minister of
Trade, Hon. Alan Kyerematen and the acting High Commissioner to Nigeria,
Mrs Iva Denoo.
“The meeting discussed the closure of the Nigeria-Benin border and
the collateral damage suffered by Ghanaian exporters and resolved to
address the issue.”
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