Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the Akufo-Addo led government to consider opening of the country’s land borders.
In a Facebook post, the former President said the long border closures have devastated the economy of our border communities.
According to Mr Mahama, “the long border closures have devastated the economy of our border communities.”
“Let’s open the land borders now,” the former Ghanaian leader charged in a Facebook post.
This development comes after the Minority in Parliament called for the reopening of Ghana’s land borders since the situation has affected economic activities of the border towns and villages.
“I will call on the President, supported by his Ministers for Health, and Interior, to take urgent practical steps for the re-opening of Ghana’s land borders to allow for free flow of persons and goods across ECOWAS and around the world,” said the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu.
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Speaking to press men on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, Haruna Iddrisu, asked government to take urgent steps to open up the borders giving access to people who trade via the land borders.
“Post COVID-19, we are not out of the woods yet, but we want to see a return to normalcy with the movement of goods and services through or borders, and therefore no matter what the proactive measures government wants to take, there can be no justification for the continues closure of the land borders.”
“Therefore, we, as Minority, call on the President as chair of ECOWAS to do the needful, giving meaning to the resolution he so cheered for,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, have said in a tweet that Akufo-Addo is preparing to announce the easing of restrictions at Ghana’s land borders.
According to him, the announcement will also outline what government is doing to tackle the escalating fuel prices.
“Yesterday and today @NkufoAddo has been engaged in meetings in preparation to announce the easing of restrictions at our borders and tackling escalating fuel prices,” Oppong Nkrumah said in a tweet.
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