The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) has reiterated that all food items seized along the nation’s borders would be returned to the markets to reduce high prices.
The Service disclosed this on Sunday, revealing the latest activity of the Comptroller-General of the NCS, Bashir Adeniyi during his visit to Katsina State.
Adeniyi on Saturday, visited former President Muhammadu Buhari and His Royal Highness, the Emir of Daura, Dr Farouk Farouk in Katsina where he held conversations concerning the protection of the nation’s borders.
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Speaking with the former president, Adeniyi said, “I will also use this occasion to brief you on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directives that all trucks of food carrying exports across the border that were seized by Customs be returned to the traders with the hope that they would plough them back into the Nigerian markets.”
According to him, the Service is responsible for ensuring that food security becomes an integral and essential element of national power.
He said, “I would like to assure you that we may continue to work for the peace, progress, and security of Nigeria, those key ideals that you have worked for, in all your years, in your career in the military, and what you did as president and now as a statesman.”
In response, former President Buhari commended the NCS for its crucial role in border protection, which he deemed indispensable for safeguarding national security interests.
On his visit to the Emir of Daura, Dr Farouk Farouk, the Customs Service boss reaffirmed his confidence in the collective efforts of the NCS and other security agencies to combat threats to national security, including the scourge of banditry and insurgency.
His visit, according to the Service was aimed to strengthen the longstanding partnership between the NCS and the esteemed Daura Emirate.
On his part, Emir Farouk pledged the Emirate’s unwavering support to the NCS in its pursuit of excellence.
The Emir urged Adeniyi to remain resolute in his duties and to demonstrate zero tolerance for individuals undermining national security and economic stability.