Tag: Nigeria Border CLosure
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AfCFTA provisions will handle trade barrier issues like Nigeria’s border closure – Alan
Ghana’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, says Nigeria’s continuous border closure with Benin that has affected Ghana and other countries, may not have any impact on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area. There are concerns that the closure of the critical border to Africa’s largest economy will thwart the objective…
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ECOWAS leadership urges speedy resolution of Nigeria-Benin border closure
The leadership of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), has urged the committee established to resolve the issues that led to the sub-region’s biggest economy, Nigeria, closing its borders with Benin, to speed up its work. A communique issued after the 56th Ordinary Session of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government…
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Ghanaian goods stuck in Benin after Nigeria border closure — AGI reveals
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has revealed that goods worth millions of cedis belonging to Ghanaian manufacturers are stuck at Benin’s border with Nigeria Nigeria which is Africa’s most populous country partially closed its borders with Benin in August this year in a move to curb the movement of illicit weapons and other smuggled…

