The Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) wants the Federal Government to sustain its policy on border closure.
The chamber also appealed to the Federal Government to put in place policies that would ward off inflation in the country.
The President of ECCIMA, Mr Emeka Udeze made the call on Thursday in Enugu during his valedictory speech at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the organisation.
Udeze, who said that the gains of the border closure were rife and felt in the economy, however, said that equal attention needed to be paid on all Nigerian borders to sustain the success of the policy.
“While we welcome the ban on certain goods that can be produced locally, government should retain the land border closure and deepen the diversification of the economy through the agricultural sector.
“Since agriculture is key to economic growth, government should hasten the plan to establish the 680 agricultural centres across the country as is being proposed,” he said.
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