Border Will Remain Closed, It Will Rekindle Nigeria’s Agricultural Rebirth – Buhari

Posted by: Folamidavid in News, Politics Dec 3, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to say that he is yet to give any date for the reopening of the land borders.

According to him, the decision to close it will not be changed until the situation improves.

His spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, shared in a recent statement in Abuja that PMB said this when he received a delegation of Katsina State Elders Forum in his country home in Daura, Katsina State.

Buhari believes his government’s stance on the border is meant to decrease smuggling, especially rice, and thus far, Nigeria has saved lots of money on import bills.

He added that he is focusing on rekindling Nigeria’s agricultural rebirth.

His words, ”Farmers must be protected, dishonesty is deep-rooted in the country. Otherwise the border closure would not have been warranted.”

Do you agree with his decision?

Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the President of Nigeria, in office since 2015. He is a retired major general in the Nigerian Army and previously served as the nation’s head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d’état. The term Buharism is ascribed to the Buhari military government.

He unsuccessfully ran for the office of president of Nigeria in the 2003, 2007, and 2011 general elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the March 2015 general elections. Buhari won the election, defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. This marked the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost to an opposition candidate in a general election. He was sworn in on 29 May 2015. In February 2019, Buhari was re-elected President, defeating his closest rival Atiku Abubakar by over 3 million votes.

Buhari has stated that he takes responsibility for anything over which he presided during his military rule, and that he cannot change the past. He has described himself as a “converted democrat”.

Muhammadu Buhari was born to a Fulani family on 17 December 1942, in Daura, Katsina State, to his father Hardo Adamu, a Fulani chief, and mother Zulaihat. He is the twenty-third child of his father. Buhari was raised by his mother, after his father died when he was about four years old.