Wednesday, March 13, 2024 –President Bola Tinubu has ordered the re-opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect.
The Special Adviser to the President on
Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday,
March 13.
He said the directive is in compliance with
the decisions of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government at its
extraordinary summit on February 24, 2024, in Abuja. At the meeting, ECOWAS
leaders agreed to lift economic sanctions against the Republic of Niger, Mali,
Burkina Faso, and Guinea.
The President has directed that the
following sanctions imposed on the Republic of Niger be lifted immediately:
(1) Closure of land and air borders between
Nigeria and Niger Republic, as well as ECOWAS no-fly zone on all commercial
flights to and from Niger Republic.
(2) Suspension of all commercial and
financial transactions between Nigeria and Niger, as well as a freeze of all
service transactions, including utility services and electricity to the Niger
Republic.
(3) Freeze of assets of the Republic of
Niger in ECOWAS Central Banks and freeze of assets of the Republic of Niger,
state enterprises, and parastatals in commercial banks.
(4) Suspension of Niger from all financial
assistance and transactions with all financial institutions, particularly EBID
and BOAD.
(5) Travel bans on government officials and
their family members.
President Tinubu has also approved the
lifting of financial and economic sanctions against the Republic of Guinea.
Following the military coup in Niger
Republic on July 26, 2023, which toppled President Mohamed Bazoum, ECOWAS
imposed several sanctions on the country.
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