Customs Rakes In 100m Revenue, Seizes Items Worth 70m In Kebbi
Kebbi State comptroller of customs, Mr Joe Attah has said that in October 2022, his command through various operations generated the sum of one hundred million and sixty-two million as revenue from import duty which he said is unprecedented since the opening of the Kamba border in the state.
According to him, the command through sustained efforts facilitated the formal export of locally manufactured goods worth over two billion in the year under review which was achieved through the enforcement of the extant rules.
Attah noted that the command will continue to apply force if need be to ensure those who want to export or import through the Kamba land border do so according to laid down rules.
He explained that the anti-smuggling unit of the state command has through vigilant patrol of the nooks and crannies including waterways succeeded in making seizures of at least 16 items, which include 284 parcels of laptop-size cannabis Sativa, 4 used cars, 1 tipper and truck, 139 bales of second hands clothes, 345 bags of foreign parboiled rice 50kg each, 2,250 litres of PMS and 38 cartoons of whitening creams.
He stressed that the duty value of the seized items stood at seventy-eight million five hundred and sixty-two thousand and twenty-five naira.
While handing over the seized parcels of Cannabis Sativa, Attah said the operation was made possible through intelligence gathering and sustained patrol at the borders.
Responding on behalf of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), the state commander, Sule Usman, said that the comptroller has responded to the clarion call by the Commander-General, Buba Marwa who called on all security agencies to help the agency in the fight against drug addictions and its sales in the country.
He added that drugs addictions are responsible for high crimes in the country therefore to stem the scourge all hands must be on deck, he, however, decorated Joe Attah as the ambassador in the war against drugs addictions and its sales in Kebbi as mandated by his boss, Buba Marwa.
(Independence)
