Ghana envoy pleads with Nigeria to allow their goods into the country.

Ghana’s Foreign Minister and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has appealed to the Nigerian government to let goods from Ghana enter Nigeria. This follows the recent closure of Nigeria’s western borders in which the Comptroller General of Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) rtrd. col. Hameed Ali said was to strengthen the country’s security and economic interests.
Botchwey issued the plea during a meeting with Nigeria’s High Commission to Ghana, Olufemi Michael Abikoye on Tuesday, where she said that Ghana would use every diplomatic avenue it could to get Nigeria to open its borders as Nigerian goods go into Ghana undisturbed.

She said, “As we speak, Nigerian goods are entering Ghana without any problem and I think that we should find ways of isolating the issues and the countries that you have problems with so that Ghana’s exports can enter your market without being lumped up with all these issues that have emerged.

“Truckloads of goods from Ghana have been detained at the Seme border between Benin and Nigeria for weeks and coming back to use the seaports would present a major problem as the traders have already lost millions within the last few weeks.

The Nigerian High Commissioner, Olufemi Abikoye, said that Nigeria would be willing to collaborate with Ghana to find a lasting solution to the situation.“At the end of it, we are helping our economies, the smuggling will stop and the issues we are going to discuss in detail after this [press briefing], we will put on the platform and at the end of it, all of us will be very happy about it, the sub-region will be happy, we will be able to generate employment.

” I appreciate you Your Excellency for calling for this meeting, it actually shows your diplomacy at the highest level and whatever you cover with respect to those trucks we shall convey to Nigeria,” he added.

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