Nigeria: Man tells Buhari to build northern border wall

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to secure Nigeria’s northern border by building a wall.

Many believe Nigerian war against Boko Haram terrorists and ravaging herdsmen may not be won if the country fails to secure its northern border.

The admonition came from Usman Chindo.

“With Trump issuing an executive decree for building Mexican border wall, and Kenya-Somalia Border wall turned fence (pictured above) progress – eventually to include watch towers, FLIR cameras, ground radar, barbed wire, a patrol road along the fence, and hopefully some permanent paramilitary and army bases along the 700km stretch,” Chindo wrote.

“I think it’s time Nigeria secure its Northern boarders with Chad, Niger Republic and Cameron. It is easier to deal with Benin and Niger Republics (in that order), diplomacy and economic carrots will work for these two.

“For Chad and Cameroon, we need to WALL our boarders and place a very formidable military presence to overlook the Chad basin and our Cameroonian flank and control influx of foreign herdsmen and black market in arms trade.

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“The wall need not cost heaven and earth – as long as every last material is not imported (for example, no iron bars) and we use only local labour that doesn’t require dollar transactions; we can simply print any Naira amount the wall will cost – it’s what the US calls Quantitative Easing.

“Basically, we can kill two birds with one stone; build the border wall for free or what it costs to run the Naira printing press, as well as massively boost local youth employment.”