The House of Representatives Thursday urged the
federal government to fortify the nation’s borders
by closing 1,497 illegal routes into the country in
order to check insurgency and proliferation of illicit
arms.
Leading debate on a motion titled “urgent need to
check illegal routes into Nigeria in order to reduce
acts of terrorism”, Representative Chika Okafor
noted that there were about 1,497 illegal routes
and 84 regular entry points into Nigeria.
On illicit fire arms, he noted that “over 100 million
illicit weapons are in circulation in Sub-Saharan
Africa with Nigeria accounting for a lion share of 70
million weapons, owing to the porous nature of her
borders”.
He said “this state of affair portends great danger
to the nation especially in the light of the current
security challenges being faced by Nigeria where
insurgents easily enter and leave the country at
will through the porous borders.”
In its resolution, the House urged the federal
government to declare emergency on the porous
borders.
Also, the legislative body urged relevant
government agencies, including the Nigeria
Immigration Service, Nigeria Customs Service,
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the
Nigeria Police Force to “increase their manpower
bases by recruiting the required personnel as well
as acquiring border monitoring technology to
secure the nation’s borders.”
The House further urged the Surveyor General of
the Federation and Federal Ministry of Works to
embark on perfect markings in the various border
points by building lines, hedges and deploying
other modern means to increase clear
demarcations at the various borders.
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Hmm, very silent thread. What was that saying in Things Fall Apart....oh, yes, 'old women are never at ease when dried bones are mentioned in proverb'

Ooops!!! never knew there where so many illegal routes!!!!!