Lagos State House of Assembly member, Mr. Victor Akande has said Nigerians will hail Buhari‘s government in future over the closure of the country’s land borders.
Mr. Victor disclosed this assertion in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.
According to him, the closure will help boost security and our economy in ways we do not expect.
His words, “It is more beneficial to close our border than to allow it open for now.
“Nigerians might not understand this now, maybe because of the little pains it has brought; but the positive effects that will soon follow will make Nigerians to praise the President for doing so.
“Security of our country is key and germane; if this step is not taken now, it may be difficult to control movement of people, arms and ammunition into the country and win the war against insurgency.”
“We need the closure also to battle problems of unemployment in the country. Our appetite for foreign goods and services is to our detriment.
“We create jobs for citizens of the countries where these foreign goods are coming from while our teeming youths do not get work to do.
”As long as our local goods are not patronised, it is a death sentence to employment opportunities in our country.
“The border closure will make us look inward and see what we can do for ourselves and even go back to agriculture. Nigerians will praise the government later for this step.”
“We will have a sense of self-sufficiency. It is an avenue for us to develop. People are cultivating and producing rice everywhere now which is good for us.”
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