{"id":279081,"date":"2023-07-11T20:25:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=279081"},"modified":"2023-07-11T20:25:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T19:25:06","slug":"not-all-borders-reopened-customs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/11\/not-all-borders-reopened-customs\/","title":{"rendered":"Not all borders reopened \u2013 Customs"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Thorough review process is currently underway to determine which borders can be reopened<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The rate of smuggling has considerably reduced owing to the borders checks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Acting Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Wale Adeniyi, on Tuesday made it clear that not all borders in the country have been reopened. He emphasised that a thorough review process is currently underway to determine which borders can be reopened.<\/p>\n<p>He made this clarification while fielding questions from State House correspondent on Tuesday after meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/11\/ecowas-will-witness-exemplary-leadership-with-tinubu-as-chair-says-abbas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Bola Tinubu<\/a> at the Presidential Villa.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, while selected strategic borders were reopened in 2022, a review process is currently underway to assess the objectives of the border closure.<\/p>\n<p>He said as part of efforts to enhance border security and regional integration, he plans to visit the Republic of Benin to engage in discussions with their Customs Administration.<\/p>\n<p>According to Adeniyi, the aim is to foster collaboration, address border security concerns, facilitate importation across the border, and explore technological solutions to complex border challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He said \u201cWell, it is not true that all Nigerian borders have been opened. The status quo ante still exists in the borders. If you remember that the borders were completely shut down 2018 up until 2022, when some selected strategic borders were reopened, that is still the situation as we speak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this was why we had an adhoc arrangement of a special unit coordinated by the Office of the NSA (National Security Adviser) to enforce that border closure. But as we speak, about five of them have been reopened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour were initially reopened and two more were opened after that. And that is still the situation. There are ongoing processes to review this situation against the objective of the border closure itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the processes are not yet completed. And of course, when the borders are reopened, it\u2019s not going to be subject of rumour in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the issue of fuel smuggling despite the removal of fuel subsidies, the Acting Comptroller General acknowledged that complete eradication may take time.<\/p>\n<p>He said while some border areas have reported seizures of fuel, the rate of smuggling has considerably reduced.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that ongoing policies being implemented by the current administration would eventually eliminate fuel smuggling across borders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, sometimes we just want to assume that because of the subsidy, the problem will evaporate one day. So the sense I was trying to create was that it might take some time, before the issue of smuggling of fuel across the border will completely dissipate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo in some border areas, we had reports of seizures of fuel and that is what we heard. 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