Ghana Begs Buhari To Open Closed border

Nigeria's west Africa neighbour,Ghana,has again begged the government of president Muhammed Buhari to rescind its decision on the closure of the country's land border closure bites harder for Ghana and other West Africa neighbours.


Reports say that Charles owiredu,Ghana's deputy minister of foreign affairs, made the plea when he met with Ambassador zubairu Dada in charge of foreign affairs in Nigeria.


It was learnt at the meeting, the Ghanaian and Nigeria officials discussed strategies to ease the challenge faced by Ghana over the border closure by Nigeria.

The Ghanaian minister said the meeting was a follow-up to the previous one held with Nigeria and argued that the policy by Buhari's government went against the Economic community box West Africa states ((ECOWAS) protocol of free movement of goods


But the Nigeria minister of state told Ghanaian delegation that their country was not the target of the border closure.

He Explained that the decision of the federal government to close the border was to discourage the movement of illicit goods into the country.


He said the government's action was temporary, He also said the government took the decision to tackle the nation's insecurity.


"The meeting agreed that in order to address the concerns raised by the Republic of Ghana,a census of vehicles coming into Nigeria from Ghana will be conducted to ascertain facts and collectively device means of giving them access into the country" a statement from Dada's office reads.