Former Vice President Namadi Sambo has commended President Muhammadu Buhari over the border closure, describing it as one of the most impactful policies of the administration.

Sambo said this at the annual conference and award ceremony of the Leadership conference organised by Leadership Newspaper on Thursday in Abuja.

He said the border closure policy was aimed at curbing the challenges of smuggling of firearms and drugs, human trafficking, trans-border insurgency among others.

The former VP said the infraction of the border opening had threatened the peace, stability and economy of Nigeria as a nation.

He said barely seven months since the closure of our border, today’s event remains one of the most significant organised by the media to appraise the economics behind the policy.

Sambo said media played a central role in setting and shaping public agenda, the individual, issues, events and topics that were seen as vital to society and public interest.

He said that those serving the nation should realise that the newspaper was watching to identify those making the sacrifice that could be emulated by young Nigerians.

Sambo said if the country had continued to import some goods, it would have spent millions of dollars, stressing that companies were becoming competitive, especially fertilizer companies.

NAN