A federal lawmaker, Hon. Rotimi Agunsoye, has lamented the porosity of Nigeria’s borders and the inability of the federal government to conduct a nationwide census in 2016, saying Nigeria has now become a dumping ground of illegal aliens.

Speaking in a chat with INDEPENDENT at the weekend, Agunsoye, who represents Kosofe Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, also said there is no way government can successfully plan for its citizenry if it does not know the actual number of people who reside in the country.

He, however, said President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were working hard to address the issue so that the country can be safe while the citizens are well catered for.

“Our borders are porous. We cannot even differentiate people from Niger, Chad, Togo, Benin Republic from Nigerians. So, how do you know the people to cater for? If you do not know your population, how do you plan for the people?

“The last census conducted in Nigeria was in 2006 indicating that another one should have been held in 2016. We were supposed to conduct census in 2016. I sponsored a motion on that in the House of Reps. Now we are in 2017, going to 2018 yet nobody is talking about conducting a census.

“Without population, you cannot plan and our borders are very porous. People are coming into Nigeria from different angles. Nigeria has now become a dumping ground of illegal aliens. So, where do we go from here?

“There are so many things to correct and I know the Buhari administration and APC will correct that. When you have too many problems at hand, you have to plan yourself to solve one problem after the other. If you want to solve all the problems at the same time, you will have yourself to blame because you won’t achieve anything,” he said.
https://independent.ng/nigeria-now-dumping-ground-illegal-aliens-says-federal-lawmaker/

Hmmm

Not only illegal migrants. How about fake goods