Nigeria, March 11 -- The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to consider reopening the county's borders and allow the importation of food items to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians.

The appeal was contained in a statement on Monday issued by the Governor's spokesperson, Sunusi Bature, after Mr Yusuf received the Controller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, at the Government House in Kano.

The governor lamented the federal government's policy of border closure, which he described as one of the reasons for the hike in the price of commodities and the attendant hardship in the country.

"We wish to appreciate the president's intervention in the ongoing national food initiativ...