Nigeria Customs Service, Kano Area Command, has disclosed that the it partnered with traditional rulers to assist it’s personnel with reliable information on movement of smugglers.
The Area Comptroller in charge of Kano and Jigawa States, Dauda Chana, made this known while speaking with journalists in Kano on Tuesday, adding that Customs generated about N9.7 billion between January and February.
He noted that the huge revenue was gotten from Duty Paid Value on imports and excise.
Chana explained that the command has introduced measures to forestall revenue leakages through the border posts in the area by intensifying security and surveillance to end the smuggling of contraband goods.
He stated that the command would sustain a 100 percent physical examination of goods entering through its borders to prevent the entry of contraband and offensive goods, including arms and ammunition.
The area comptroller pointed out that the command had issued an effective operational order to its field officers at the border posts on how to tackle the menace of smuggling.
”We will continue to enhance trade facilitation, revenue generation, and border security in line with the directives of the management of the NCS.
”We are also partnering with traditional rulers in border communities to assist our personnel with reliable information on movement of smugglers,” he said.
