Farmer Wants Border Closure Sustained
An Enugu-based rice farmer, Mr Ekene Uzodinma, has lauded the Federal Government for mustering the political will to close the country’s borders to check smuggling and other cross border crimes.
Uzodinma, who is the Manager of Excellent Integrated Farms Ltd, Enugu, made the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday.
According to him, the Federal Government should sustain the measure in view of its positive impact on the nation’s economic policy.
He said that prior to the border closure, rice farmers had unfair competition with foreign rice being smuggled to the country through land borders.
According to him, the measure has tackled the age-long illegal importation of weapons and ammunition that hitherto aggravated the state of insecurity in the country.
“Border closure; I want to, first of all, congratulate Nigerians and thank the government for taking that bold step to close the borders.
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