By Ajibola Adedoye
In compliance with the Presidential directive, the Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service have released Fifteen (15) Trucks of grains under its custody to their owners.
Comptroller Kamal Mohammed while handing over the Fifteen (15) Trucks of grains at the Command Headquarters today in Sokoto charged the traders to reciprocate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu magnanimity by ensuring that the grains are sold to Nigerian markets.
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Controller Kamal further said the Command in collaboration with Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU) and the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) will monitor the sales of these grains in Nigeria markets and ensure they are not smuggled out of the Country.
He further enlightened traders and the general public that grains 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 their resolve to fight smuggling in all ramification has added to the patrol fleet of the Command, according to him, “this will go a long way in making the border unsafe haven for smugglers unpatriotic penchant to make money at the detriment of the Country”.
In his response, the Secretary of the Grain Sellers Association of Sokoto, Alh. Dahiru Ladan on behalf of the Union thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for tempering justice with mercy and assured that the Union will ensure the grains are sold to Nigerian markets.
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