According to the Nigeria Customs Area Command (CAC) Katsina State, the exporting of 10,827.40 metric tonnes of goods, including cement, hibiscus flowers, chillies, animal feeds, tamarind, and drinks, generated N538.4 million as Free on Board FOB value.
Additionally, the Command said that N99.7 million in revenue was produced between July and August 11, 2022.
At a press conference in Katsina, the Controller of the Katsina Area Command, Dalha Wada Chedi, said this.
Chedi did point out that the N99.7 million the command generated during the review period was a decrease from what the command realised in June.
Chedi ascribed the decrease in income to the ongoing banditry incidents that have been occurring along the Jibia axis recently.
No cause for fear, according to Chedi, since the command and other sister security agents have adopted new tactics to combat the twin evils of banditry and smuggling that exist along the Jibia/Niger Republic border in order to allow for the growth of legal companies along the border corridor.
According to Chedi, the command confiscated N73.6 million worth of illicit goods during the time period in question. Among the seized items are food products, motorcycles, and reconstructed vehicles meant to transport illegal goods.
Chedi gave the breakdown as follows: “During the period under review, we were also able to intercept different vehicles, including truck and grader caterpillar worth more than N45.5 million
“We also succeeded in seizing one used motorcycle with the duty value of N60,000 and also 447 bags of foreign rice worth more than N13.2 million.
“We seized 337 cartons of Spaghetti worth more than N2 million, 32 cartons of Macaroni worth N192,000, 115 kegs of petrol and 89 kegs of diesel amounting to more than N1.7 million.
“Other items seized were 126 bags of 50kg and 25kg bags of foreign flour worth more than over N1.9 million, and seven cartons of milky creamer milk worth N141,750,’’ Chedi said.
Others he said includes: eight bags of foreign milky creamer, 450 bags of potash, 13 bags of tiger nuts and 1,000 pieces of hides and skin.
Chedi said the command will not relent in ensuring that the environment is made very uncomfortable for smugglers, resulting in huge loss for the offenders.
“..and what they are thinking of gaining, I am sorry for them, instead of gaining it, they will lose because the country must definitely win this fight,” Chedi said.