Military to re-open Nigeria-Niger border roads to facilitate farming, trade

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state has said that the Nigeria-Niger border roads will be re-opened by the military to reactivate and facilitate farming, trade, and evacuation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Diffa province to liberated communities.

Over 85,000 IDPs from Borno state are taking refuge at Diffa resettlement camps, established by the Nigerien government in 2014.

Shettima disclosed this on Thursday, while receiving the Nigerien Governor of Diffa Province, Alhaji Mohammoudu Lawaly Dan Dano at the Government House, Maiduguri.
“We have a lot of commonalities of history, culture, folks, religion and ethnicity with the people of Niger. It was the Colonial Masters of Britain and France that divided us with these artificial boundaries and divisions,” said Shettima.

He said the IDPs taking refuge in Diffa Province of Niger, are adequately catered for by the Nigerien government, without being discriminated or abandoned, as Niger and north part of Nigeria share the same historical and cultural backgrounds.
He said that the re-opening of the border roads with Niger will also facilitate the repatriation of 85,000 IDPs from Niger Republic to Borno state.
“I will meet the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Lucky Irabor next week, and discuss with him the possibility of reopening this closed border roads that lead to Niger Republic".
“The re-opening of this road will also facilitate the repatriation of displaced persons taking refuge in your province of Diffa.”

Shettima assured Dan Dano that the re-opening of the road could activate and facilitate trade, farming, and tourism, which had been affected by the Boko Haram insurgency for over five years.

Responding, Dan Dano assured the Governor that all the displaced persons in camps, are being taken care of, including the provision of health care delivery services.
He said that all the female IDPs that gave birth to babies in camps had been issued with birth and registration certificates.

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Nice,but they should not relent! Kudos

Good, but I nor won hear stories sey na dia boko haram take attack Una again o

Noted

Good but when you open the border, make sure you put a working immigration, customs and Army barrack there. We do not want to hear that Boko Haram boys use that route to enter Nigeria o.

To facilitate more export of mich needed food items

but why na

dullard buhari throw our border wide open for this Libyan Fulani terrorist , my pump action will be in handy should incase of invaders

Another route for Boko Haram to enter the town from neighboring countries.

Facilitate trade or the influx of another set of terrorists?
We are watching

waldan NA

We are a terrible lot.

A sane government weighs the pros and cons before making decisions.is Niger a very strategic trade partner at this particular time?

Is it sane to reopen the borders to maximise trade and also maximise terrorism doing it?

Somebody is talking about paying fulanis to prevent killings and the other is talking of opening borders at an ill informed time. Boko haram is willfully encouraged.

good initiative....
meanwhile I want to know if NFF have paid falcons or presidency have paid senators their allowances over falcons.

Buhari is an I.DIOT. The earlier we go our seperat ways the better. The slaves can go with them.

This govt, "facilitate trading" has the insurgency ended, hope those goods banned through seme borders and others won't find its way through Niger border.

To facilitate more Boko HAram ppl. When it is well known that 1/3 of boko haram fighters are from Niger Rep

oh boy dat Niger soldier is very humble woh, see d way he dey behave without even a single shred of arrogance.

I so respect dis kind people.
In comparison see dat Nigerian commander way dey near him, I wonder why he seem so pissed

That border that was, has and will always be porous no matter the number of patrol there

alaskido:
Good but when you open the border, make sure you put a working immigration, customs and Army barrack there. We do not want to hear that Boko Haram boys use that route to enter Nigeria o.

The closest military base to that border is at Mallam Fatori...and that was the place where the late Lieutenant Colonel Abu(bakar) Ali was killed on the 5th of November this year.

See him in overall below.

I expected this.

yes we share the same religion and ethnic groups before this colonial fools separated us and forcefully join us with this Igbos,

Trade indeed. Smh. I expect to hear more stories after this. I hope some new chibok girls won't pop out of nowhere from that route soon.

These are the people that will vote for him in 2019. Buhari is thinking ahead.

Bari22:
yes we share the same religion and ethnic groups before this colonial fools separated us and forcefully join us with this Igbos,

“We have a lot of commonalities of history, culture, folks, religion and ethnicity with the people of Niger. It was the Colonial Masters of Britain and France that divided us with these artificial boundaries and divisions,” said Shettima.

So why don't you guys start redrawing the artificial boundaries?

This is to open doors for foreigners to overpopulate the north. Nigeria's population is a hoax.