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President Bola Tinubu has directed the 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.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said this 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.
ECOWAS leaders had agreed to lift economic sanctions against the Republic of Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea.
According to Ngelale, 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 freeze of all service transactions, including utility services and electricity to 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.
He added that Tinubu has also approved the lifting of financial and economic sanctions against the Republic of Guinea.
Recall that the sanctions were imposed on Niger Republic following the military coup that ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in July 2023.
Bazoum and his family have been in detention at the presidential villa in Niamey, the country’s capital, since then.
Recently, the military junta led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani said they were willing to release Bazoum.
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