In compliance with a presidential directive, the Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has released 15 trucks of grains under its custody to their owners.
NCS comptroller Kamal Mohammed, who handed the trucks of grains over to the owners at the command headquarters in Sokoto, charged the traders to reciprocate President Bola Tinubu magnanimity by ensuring that the grains are sold in Nigerian markets.
He said the command in collaboration with Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU) and the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT), will monitor the sales of these grains in Nigeria markets and ensure they are not smuggled out of the country.
Mohammed enlightened traders and the general public that grains and its derivatives are under the extant Export Prohibition list.
The comptroller warned smugglers to desist from their dastardly act as the management of the NCS under the leadership of comptroller-general, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, in their resolve to fight smuggling in all ramification has added to the patrol fleet of the command.
This, he said, will go a long way in making the border unsafe heaven for smugglers unpatriotic penchant to make money at the detriment of the country.
The secretary of the Sokoto Grain Sellers Association, Alhaji Dahiru Ladan, on behalf of the union thanked President Tinubu for tempering justice with mercy and assured that the union will ensure the grains are sold in Nigerian markets.
