FG gives the go-ahead for the Seme border to reopen for vehicle importation. The federal government stated further, that they might widen the Seme border.
The Federal Government, FG received a letter from freight forwarders operating at the Seme Border requesting that the border be opened for the importation of vehicles.
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This information was revealed in Seme during a meeting between representatives of Nigeria and Benin that was organized by the Economic Community of West African States by Ibrahim Musa, director of road transport for the Federal Ministry of Transportation.
He said that during the former Minister of State for Transportation’s most recent trip to the border, freight forwarders made a request for the border to be reactivated.
According to him, the Federal Executive Council gave its approval to a memo that was created and delivered to the federal government in response to the request.
According to the director, FEC made a commitment to give the new administration full authority over the decision to reopen the border.
I was here with the former Minister of State for Transportation, and the freight forwarders begged for the border to be reactivated for the free flow of goods and services, he remarked.
The minister ordered us to draft a memo stating as much. It was examined and forwarded to the government.
Dera Nnadi, the Customs Area Controller in charge of Seme Command, also spoke at the ceremony. He claimed that since the importation of automobiles was prohibited from land borders, the service has seen a decline in revenue.
In response to some of our queries, the previous honorable minister of transportation, Nnadi added that customs had removed illegal checkpoints from the border corridors, and the Nigerian Police Force’s Border Control division had pledged to do the same.
In order to increase commerce and investment in the Abidjan-Lagos corridor, he encouraged the FG to finish building the expressway from Lagos to the Seme Border.
According to the head of Seme Customs, the corridor is crucial for the expansion of trade, investment, cultural diversity, and peace in West Africa and throughout Africa.
The Abidjan-Lagos Corridor is a crucial commercial route for West African nations, serving as a crossroads where our people may meet and exchange ideas about culture and religion, according to Comptroller Nnadi, who also serves as co-chair of the Joint Border Post.
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It is a crucial location where we keep our relationships and our internal serenity. The corridor needs to be maintained.
We value ECOWAS’s contribution to the expansion of trade along the corridor, while applauding the Federal Ministry of Transportation for continuing the highway’s renovation, if the road is finished, trade will increase.
