Customs Vows To Rid Lagos Of Smugglers

The Nigeria Customs
Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “A”, Lagos has restated its determination to rid the area of smugglers.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Mr Uche Ejesieme gave the assurance while briefing newsmen on the recent activities of the command in Lagos.
Ejesieme said the command had waged a relentless war on smugglers and that their focus area remained in identifying illegal entering points, stressing that the essence was to ensure that they dismantled such illegal points and, by extension, cut down their supply chains.
In his words, “This is what we have been doing over time, we are not resting on our oars and the assurance is that we are beginning to have collaboration and support with members of the public.
“Recently, we revived this our concept of Customs Community Relationship. It is a platform whereby we engage stakeholders, trying to sensitise and educate them on the dangers of smuggling, particularly those of them living at those fringes of the border areas, so that they will be well acquainted with the effect of smuggling to the nation’s economy and also to their lives”.
He disclosed that the Command effected 205 seizures of smuggled goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N122.5 million, which included foreign parboiled rice, frozen poultry products, 33 used cars (Tokubo) and 65 scraps as well as textile materials, foot wear, vegetable oil, insecticides, spaghettis, soaps, wine and used tyres.