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Despite the order by the Federal Government to reopen four land borders; Seme border in the South- West, Illela and Maigatari borders in the North- West, and Mfun border in the South-South part of the county, the ban on importation of rice, poultry, among others remained enforced.
Maxilens News gathered that the Federal Government insisted on this, Wednesday.
It was also learnt that apart from the items announced by the finance minister, key items on the prohibition list on the Customs website include live or dead birds like frozen poultry; pork, beef, bird’s eggs, excluding hatching eggs; refined vegetable oils and fats like mayonnaise cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose; spaghetti and noodles.
Millions of Nigerians had decried the closure of the borders, saying the development had aggravated poverty, made the cost of basic needs high and crippled the source of livelihood of many.
The closure of the borders had also affected the economic fortunes of neighbouring Benin and Niger Republics, Togo, Chad, Cameroon and Ghana.
Government had claimed that the borders were closed to halt importation of contrabands including arms and ammunitions, boost agriculture and protect the local economy.
