Mariam Katagum, the country's Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and Investment, says there is no specific date for the opening of land borders. Mariam Katagum (Today)With no specific date at sight, she said reopening the borders would depend on recommendations from the patrol team on whether Niger and the Benin Republic have complied with the trade protocols. The joint border security exercise will last until January 31st, 2020. ECOWAS asks Nigeria, other neighbouring nations to resolve existing border issuesOkada riders smuggles rice from Seme Border on Lagos-Badagry Expressway. It urged member-states to remove both tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, giving low levels of intra-regional trade.

Source: The Guardian December 25, 2019 21:11 UTC