{"id":27026,"date":"2020-12-19T07:17:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T06:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=27026"},"modified":"2021-10-07T00:23:45","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T00:23:45","slug":"seme-border-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/seme-border-reopens\/","title":{"rendered":"Seme border reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Tanko Mohammed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s land border with Benin Republic at Seme, near Badagry, Lagos State, has been reopened on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Human and vehicular movement across the border post have resumed after 16 months of closure.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Officials of the Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerians Immigration Service and Port Health Service have resumed checking in and out of travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mrs Seweka Avoseh, a Nigerian traveling to Ghana, commended Federal Government for reopening the land borders.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>She said that the closure of the country\u2019s land borders had affected her business, urging the government to proffer alternative solutions to cross border crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Federal Government had on Aug.21, 2019, ordered the closure of the Nigerian borders to curb smuggling of goods and weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, on Wednesday announced the immediate reopening of four land borders after the Federal Executive Council meeting held virtually in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe president has approved the reopening of four land borders, namely\u2013 Seme, South-West, Ilela, North West, Maigatari border in the North-West and North-Central and Mfum in the South-South.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese four land borders will be opened immediately, while the remaining land borders are directed to be reopened on or before Dec. 31,\u2019\u2019 the minister told State House Correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>She said that Buhari also directed that while the borders were being reopened, the ban on the importation of rice, poultry and other products still subsisted and would be implemented by the border patrol team.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-27026\" data-postid=\"27026\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-27026 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tanko Mohammed Nigeria\u2019s land border with Benin Republic at Seme, near Badagry, Lagos State, has been reopened on Friday. 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