General News of Wednesday, 22 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Ghana's land borders were closed on March 22, 2020, after the rise in COVID-19 cases• A year on, the borders still remain closed despite agitations from some Ghanaian traders• Irbard Ibrahim has called on the government to gradually open the borders for businesses to bounce backSince Ghana recorded its first case of coronavirus, land borders were closed and to date, the situation remains the same. There have been several calls and agitations from traders, border town neighbours and some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). They called on government to as a matter of urgency, reopen land borders for the smooth running of goods and services. Social commentator, Irbard Ibrahim, sharing his thoughts on the development on GhanaWeb TV’s The Lowdown programme, opined that, government should open the land borders in phases. Citing Nigeria’s border as an example, he said in as much as Buhari was backlashed for taking such a harsh decision that affected neighbouring countries, he ensured that Nigerians ate local rice.

Source: GhanaWeb September 22, 2021 15:33 UTC