March 14, (THEWILL)- The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command, has released no fewer than fifteen trucks of grains under its custody to their owners.
The Customs Area Comptroller, Kamal Mohammed, while handing over the seized trucks of grains in Sokoto, said the move was in compliance with the Presidential directive.
He, however, charged the traders to reciprocate President Bola Tinubu’s magnanimity by ensuring that the grains are sold in Nigerian markets.
Kamal further said the Command, in collaboration with the Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU) and the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT), will monitor the sales of these grains in markets within the country and ensure they are not smuggled out.
He further enlightened traders and the general public that grain and its derivatives are under the extant Export Prohibition list.
The Comptroller warned smugglers to desist from their dastardly act as the Management of the Nigeria Customs Service, under the leadership of Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, in its resolve to fight smuggling in all ramifications, has added to the patrol fleet of the Command.
This, he said, will go a long way in making the border an unsafe haven for smugglers with unpatriotic penchant for making money at the detriment of the country.
In response, the Secretary of the Grain Sellers Association in Sokoto State, Alhaji Dahiru Ladan, on behalf of his members, thanked President Bola Tinubu for tempering justice with mercy and assured that the Union will ensure the grains are sold in Nigerian markets.
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