President Muhammadu Buhari has said that border re-opening will be considered soon.
The president had ordered the closure on August 2019 to curb commodity and small arms’ smuggling.
He said, since neighbouring countries, have now learnt their lessons with the border closure, there is a need to review the decision.
But the president, who spoke at a meeting with governors of the 36 states of the federation, which held behind closed doors in the State House, Abuja did not give a definite time on when the land borders will be reopened.
“Now that the message has sunk in with our neighbours, we are looking into reopening the borders as soon as possible,” he said.
A statement by a presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, said the president tasked the governors to work closely with traditional rulers and community members with a view to improving local intelligence gathering and complimenting the work of security agencies.
