The economy of the states that border Nigeria has suffered significant harm as a result of the ongoing closure of the land border between Nigeria and the Republic of Niger, according to Senator Adamu Aliero, the senator for Kebbi Central.
Speaking on Arise Television on Tuesday, which our correspondent watched, Kebbi State governor Aliero, who has served two terms, stated that the Economic Community of West African States directive’s border shutdown was needless and need to be reviewed.
He added that federal MPs from the northern states that were impacted had gotten together and demanded that the federal government immediately open the border to commercial traffic.
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“The ones who are suffering and suffering are our people who live in the areas that share the border with Niger.
The individuals that suffer and bear the brunt are those who reside in the communities that shared a border with Niger.
“If you visit the border today, you will witness more than a thousand vehicles returning to the nation carrying commodities from other nations that are stopped at the border due to the ECOWAS punishment.
When the government chose to turn off the light supply to the Niger Republic, it even violated the agreement we made with the nation on the dredging of the dam that supplies our energy.
Former minister Aliero said that the majority of other nations disregarded the ECOWAS-mandated sanctions against the Niger Republic.
He clarified that, contrary to expectations, the majority of the sanctions—particularly the border closure and the nation’s electrical supply cutoff—only negatively impacted common people, not the military regime.
Following the overthrow of the democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, by rebel elite soldiers on July 26, ECOWAS imposed severe sanctions on Niger.
Trade with Niger was prohibited by the 15-member West African group ECOWAS, which also threatened to use military force.