Home Foreign News Regional Trade Cooperation: Kebbi-Segbana Border With Benin Is The Answer ~Tuggar 

Regional Trade Cooperation: Kebbi-Segbana Border With Benin Is The Answer ~Tuggar 

Regional Trade Cooperation: Kebbi-Segbana Border With Benin Is The Answer ~Tuggar 

Princess-Ekwi Ajide

The ongoing bilateral engagement to bolster trade between Nigeria and Benin Republic has been described as a historical milestone and the making of a major hub for trade.

The Minister of foreign Affairs Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, gave the description at a bilateral meeting at the Segbana customs border post in Benin Republic where he led a strong Nigerian delegation comprising of the Governor of Kebbi State, Dr Nasir Idris Kaura, the Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the Director-General of the Border Communities Development Agency, Dr. Dakorinama Alabo George, the Director Home Finance who represented the Minister of Finance Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed to meet with the Benin side, represented by the Minister of Economy and Finance in charge of cooperation, Mr. Romauld Wadgani, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Shegun Bakari, and the Director General of Customs, Madam Adidjatou Hassan Zanouvi.

Tuggar, said the meeting was key to operationalising the Kebbi-Segbana border and imperative in showcasing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s commitment to enhancing economic ties between the two countries with a view to promoting economic growth and prosperity, in line with the 8 point agenda of the government.

The bilateral meeting also agreed to set up a project implementation working group within a short, medium and long term framework through the resuscitation of the Nigeria-Benin Joint Commission which last held in 2014 in Cotonou.

The two countries agreed that the establishment of the Permanent Joint Commission will complement governments’ subsisting efforts for robust economic bilateral relations.

A statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media and Communications Strategy, Alkasim Abdulkadir, said in line with the 4 Ds foreign policy goals, the Minister also used the occasion to call the attention of the government of Benin to the the incessant border frictions by both countries, especially the ongoing efforts to repatriate 700 hundred Nigerians living in the Segbana, Northern Benin Republic.

The statement quoted the Minister as stressing the need for the maintenance of harmonious relationships in their common borders, through embracing mutually inclusive approaches to removing all irritants and working towards finding a peaceful and sustainable resolution to clashes between Nigerian and Beninese communities around the border areas.

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