Examination of the Magnitude of Passengers’ Exchange across Nigeria and Ghana Land borders: A focus on Seme International Border

Ebenezer Mayomi Oluwaremi¹ , Ikpechukwu Njoku² , Chijioke Akpudo³

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.10 , Issue.2 , pp.24-27, Jun-2022

Online published on Jun 30, 2022

Copyright © Ebenezer Mayomi Oluwaremi, Ikpechukwu Njoku, Chijioke Akpudo . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
The research aims at assessing the degree of passenger exchange across the international land border between Nigeria and Ghana with a focus on Seme Border, Lagos, Nigeria, being the busiest border between the two countries. The data for the study were sourced from a secondary source which was extracted from passenger manifests of the registered transport companies that operate across the border from 2012 to 2021. The descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for the data analysis. The findings established that a total of Three Million, One Hundred and Forty-Nine Thousand, Five Hundred and Forty-Six passengers transited from Nigeria to Ghana and vice versa through the land borders between 2012 and 2021. It was also revealed that 2018 recorded the highest outflow of passengers from Nigeria to Ghana. The study shows that Chisco Transport Company which carried the highest number of passengers recorded 25% of the whole passenger movements was followed by ABC transport with (19%). The study also observed that Nigerians travel more than Ghanaians and any other west African country. Furthermore, Tables 1 and 2 indicate that more foreigners enter Nigeria compared to the number that left the country between 2012 to 2021. The paper recommends creation of more gainful employment so as to lessen the number of Nigerians leaving the country especially the most skilled and best-educated human resource of our nation. This portends serious danger to our overall national growth and development. Curtailing the mass exodus of our people will help in reducing the xenophobic attack by the host country.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Transport, Passenger, Operators, Border, Xenophobic, Transit

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