Yesterday, the Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa, announced that the Federal Government has granted permission for the reopening of the Seme border for vehicle imports.
Musa stated that the development came as a result of complaints from freight forwarders operating at the Seme border while he was speaking at the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, meeting, which was organized by officials from Nigeria and Benin.
At the ECOWAS Monitoring Team's visit to the Seme-Krake Joint Border Post, the director stated: When the freight forwarders pleaded for the reactivation of the border to allow for the free movement of goods and services, I was present alongside the previous Minister of State for Transportation.
"The previous clergyman caused us to set up a reminder with that impact. It was looked at, and the government received it."
Dera Nnadi, the Customs Area Controller at Seme Border Command, also said that the service's revenue has decreased since vehicle imports from land borders were banned.
Nnadi stated: In response to some of our requests and those of stakeholders, the former Minister of Transportation pledged to present them to the Federal Executive Council (FEC), one of which was how to fully open this border.
"The Ministry has informed us that the memo has been written to FEC, that it has been adopted, and that it will be given to the new government; he has assured us that all requests have been adopted," reads the Ministry's statement.
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