Nigerian borders were closed for security reasons_Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the closure of Nigeria’s borders was meant to strengthen the country’s security and economy and not to punish neighbouring countries. The Nigerian president made the comment when speaking at a meeting with a select group of the Nigerian community in the United Kingdom, The Cable reports. In a statement issued after the meeting, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, said Buhari noted that the Nigerian agricultural sector had benefited from the closure as farmers have been celebrating the decision. 
He said Buhari pointed out that the country’s food security has been helped by very good raining seasons in the last three rainy seasons as well as the federal government’s reduction in the price of fertilisers by 50%, and the and the presidential directive to the Central Bank of Nigeria not to give foreign exchange for food imports thereby saving the nations billions of naira. 

The president also commended Nigerians in the Diaspora for their huge home remittances – more than $25 billion in 2018, and lauded their individual performances in their various fields of expertise.