The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS), Niger Area Command, has said that between January and May, 2017 it had collected about N1.2 billion revenue.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, ASC Lomba Benjamin, who disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday, said that the area command comprising Niger, Kogi and Kwara had deployed well trained personnel to prevent any form of smuggling in the area.
His statement: “We have deployed well trained security personnel to check the activities of smugglers in Banana border post,” Benjamin said.
He explained that the command had also blocked all identified smuggling routes in the three states.
The command spokesman appealed for support from members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers and other stakeholders in the effort to stem smuggling activities.
He also urged traditional rulers especially those living in border communities, to educate their people on the negative effect of smuggling on the nation’s economy.
