The Minority in Parliament has asked that the land borders be opened with immediate effect for the free flow of goods and persons among neighboring ECOWAS countries and the world at large.
“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.
Addressing the press 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.
Admitting that the world is not out of the woods yet, he said normalcy should at least be restored with the movement of goods and services through land borders.
He continued to say that the government has no justification for the continued closure of 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.”
The land borders since 2020 have been closed as part of measures to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, just like other countries did.
