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BORDER SECURITY: A QUARANTINED PANDEMIC
by Igwe Martin, Co-ordinator Waansa Nigeria Media and Advocacy Centre
Pandemic are epidemic occurring on a scale that crosses international boundaries and affects a large number of people. Influenza, Ebola and Corona fall into this category. Corona virus a highly alleged pathogenic viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome with fatality rate of almost a million and millions quarantined all over the world. The case in Africa was linked to passengers who disembarked from the airport and land borders of African territories with little or no health check from relevant authorities. It is a sad reality that
the global economy was on locked down with a likely long decade of minus in development efforts and the negative indices still palpable. Billions of dollars which could have been used to address development and improve infrastructure have been rechanneled to address increasing health emergencies brought about by corona virus made worse by the neglect of border security. Cross border crimes in African sub region which started in the form of smuggling of goods as a means of livelihood has transformed into a criminal enterprise with
Border Security Report | September/October 2020
