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Thursday, 8 December 2016

Photos: Military to reopen Nigeria-Niger borders roads after three years closure

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has said that the Nigeria-Niger border roads will be re-opened by the military to reactivate and facilitate farming, trade, and evacuation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Diffa province to liberated communities.



Over 85,000 IDPs from Borno state are taking refuge at Diffa resettlement camps, established by the Nigerien government in 2014. Shettima disclosed this on Thursday, while receiving the Nigerien Governor of Diffa Province, Alhaji Mohammoudu Lawaly Dan Dano at the Government House, Maiduguri.
"We have a lot of commonalities of history, culture, folks, religion and ethnicity with the people of Niger. It was the Colonial Masters of Britain and France that divided us with these artificial boundaries and divisions," said Shettima.

He said the IDPs taking refuge in Diffa Province of Niger, are adequately catered for by the Nigerien government, without being discriminated or abandoned, as Niger and north part of Nigeria share the same historical and cultural backgrounds. He said that the re-opening of the border roads with Niger will also facilitate the repatriation of 85,000 IDPs from Niger Republic to Borno state.

"I will meet the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj-Gen. Lucky Irabor next week, and discuss with him the possibility of reopening this closed border roads that lead to Niger Republic. The re-opening of this road will also facilitate the repatriation of displaced persons taking refuge in your province of Diffa.”

Shettima assured Dan Dano that the re-opening of the road could activate and facilitate trade, farming, and tourism, which had been affected by the Boko Haram insurgency for over five years.
Responding, Dan Dano assured the Governor that all the displaced persons in camps, are being taken care of, including the provision of health care delivery services. He said that all the female IDPs that gave birth to babies in camps had been issued with birth and registration certificates

18 comments:

Unknown said...

Good one....

Unknown said...

I just hope dat won't be a way for BH boys to return to Nigeria. Linda take note!

Anonymous said...

Is that not inviting Boko again?

Eddy Ogbunambala said...

Good

Unknown said...

Imagine o. Reopen the border for their terrorist brothers huh? SHETTIMA YOU AND TERRORIST BUHARI ARE AS FUNNY AS UNA DEAD GOVERNMENT. What is wrong with hausas huh? ARE THEY PROTECTING THE BORDER OR ARE THEY DESTROYING IT HUH? Well is their northern place make una destroye am.



























#sad indeed

Unknown said...

Alright dats nice

Unknown said...

Ok,seen






Lib addict#just passsing?

Bonita Bislam said...

Alhamdulillahi!This is goodnews.Gradually BH have been crippled and my dear people in the NE can breath with relief

Unknown said...

Okay

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Anonymous said...

Its a pity, some Nigerians have argued in Ask Nigerians with the same picture

Anonymous said...

Closing of borders continues to be a problem ezpecially due to Boko haram, but this is not what many Nigerians believe is the solution to insurgency. You can Ask other Nigerians here

BONARIO NNAGS said...

It's a welcome development, goes to the tremendous success achieved in the war against boko Haram.


. ~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Anonymous said...

And to run that pipeline from Niger to Kaduna refinery.

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Let's see how dat goes


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Chizzy Liz said...

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Anonymous said...

The Hausa's are planing there SECESSION by doing everything to develop the North under Buhari, from oil flowing from Niger , to Morocco King flying to Nigeria on assets shopping spree,and less i forget , spending billions of tax payer money looking for imaginary OIL in the Northern state. Buhari has made it known , he doesn't give a Dam about BIAFRA, Damazu's job is lock there leaders up and throw the keys away ,the Niger-Delta people BOMB them to submission ,and the Yorubas leaders like Tinubu ,diminish there role in the political system and give the protege juice federal post.In Niger-Delta, Jonanthan versus Amechi and Wike, in the east Buy Oji Kalu ,in the southwest Tinubu versus Fashola, Amosun,Akeredolu,and Fayemi. Saraki is bi-sexual ,could be Hausa or Yoruba Which ever is convenient for the politics of the DAY. So far his getting away with all this with immunity of being a SOLDIERS SOLDIER .

Unknown said...

gd 4 dem
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