Kano/Jigawa Customs Generated N38.8bn in 10 Months, Seized N300m Prohibited Items

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano.

The Comptroller of the Kano/Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dauda Ibrahim Chana, has said the Command generated N5.6 billion in September as a result of new strategies it adopted.

This was disclosed by the Comptroller during an interview with journalists in his office yesterday, in Kano.

According to him, the Command seized prohibited items worth about N300 million in the last 10 months.
“We have seized 2,681 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 1,421 spaghetti, 419 bales of second-hand clothes, 250 gallons of vegetable oil of 25 litres each, 172 pieces of powered milky, and many others were collected from January to date.

“We have also since reached out to residents of Maigatari, Jeke, and Babura border posts in Jigawa State to compliment the efforts of our personnel manning the border posts with information that could aid in apprehending all this involved in the illegal businesses,” he said.
Chana, vowed to boost and enhance trade facilitation, revenue generation, as well as border security in line with the directives of the management of the Nigeria Customs Service.

He added, “We have also partnered with traditional rulers in border communities to assist our personnel deploy reliable information on the movement of smugglers,” he said.
The Area comptroller said officers at the border areas had been briefed on how the partnership would assist them in arresting smugglers.

He said already the Command had put in place various security measures that would ensure goods coming into its areas of jurisdiction paid duties.
He further explained that their officers had been at strategic locations to deal decisively with all those involved in sharp practices and illegal businesses.