The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) on Saturday announced that all food items seized along the nations borders would be returned to the markets to curtail the high prices of commodities.
This was disclosed by the Comptroller-General of the NCS, Bashir Adeniyi during his visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari and His Royal Highness, the Emir of Daura, Dr Farouk Farouk in Katsina State.
Adeniyi told the former president that his successor, President Bola Tinubu has mandated the Service with the sole responsibility of ensuring food security and addressing the porosity of the border.
According to him, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu gave a directive 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.
Speaking on the directive, Adeniyi noted that policy has been implemented to carry out the President’s directive.
Subsequently, at his visit to the Emir of Daura, Dr Farouk Farouk, Adeniyi 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.
The Emir urged Adeniyi to remain resolute in his duties and to demonstrate zero tolerance for individuals undermining national security and economic stability.
Recall that the NCS in Lagos State sold, at affordable prices, seized food items including over 20,000 bags of assorted grains such as rice, beans, maize, guinea corn, millet and soya beans to alleviate food scarcity in the country.
