THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Monday struck a defiant tone despite growing outcry against the continued closure of Nigerian borders.
The governor insisted that neighbouring countries must engage with Nigeria before the Nigerian border is reopened.
The border was closed few weeks back due to the substandard products that are smuggled and dumped into the Nigerian markets.
Emefiele spoke with State House correspondents after closed doors meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He also claimed that the Nigerian economy is doing well with the closure of its borders.
According to Emefiele, the governments of the neighbouring country should be ready to hold discussion with Nigeria on the ugly situation of using their ports as transit channel for goods which would end up in Nigeria.
He said that until the governments of Benin Republic, Niger and other neighbouring countries show that the goods imported into their countries are for their country, the border might not be re-opened.
The border closure, he said, is helping to create more jobs for Nigerians, while local producers of rice, and poultry, among others, are now able to sell their goods.
