Togo Opens Land Border With Ghana

Neighbouring country, Togo has officially opened its land borders with Ghana.This comes close to three months after Ghana reopened its land borders to neighbouring countries.The metal gates which were closed between the two countries for two years in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic were swung open at about 8am Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Most Ghanaians used their Ghana Cards or passports to cross the border smoothly. The NDC MP for Ketu South, Abla Dzifa Gomashie was among those who turned up early at the border post to see things at first-hand.

In an interview, she expressed gratitude to the leaders of the two countries for listening to cries of their people. And in Ketu South, we hope this will restore our livelihoods which invariably is cross-border commerce, said Ms. Gomashie. The lawmaker entreated people crossing the border to hold valid identities and proof of vaccination against COVID-19, and also be law-abiding in the area all the time.Meanwhile, at the Kpoglu-Segbe Border Post, nine Ghanaians had crossed into Togo while four of their compatriots crossed from Togo into Ghana as of 11am.