FG To Atiku: Nigerian Borders Not Closed

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : According to him, tighter border control measures are in place within some border areas where banditry or residual insurgent activity persists, Addressing a political group during the week, the former Atiku had asked: " I'm going to reopen the borders".
46% : "They date to 2014, when Boko Haram forced their closure for security reasons, and reopened in 2019, with Fotokol and Gambaru following in 2021, after joint military and stabilisation efforts by Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad. "Folding this separate, security-driven history into one continuous 2019 shutdown misrepresents two distinct issues, trade regulation and counter-insurgency, as a single failure.
45% : ...says insurgency responsible for isolated tighter border controls The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has reacted to a pledge made by the Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, to reopen land borders, saying "Nigerian borders are not closed and so cannot be reopened".

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