On Sunday, Mohammed Tajudeen, Spokesperson of the Kebbi Area Command of the service made it known to the newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the Nigeria Custom Service (NSC) has opened the international border in Kamba town of Dandi LGA in Kebbi State to promote international trading between Nigeria and the neighbouring countries of Niger and Benin Republic.
Tajudeen said the newly appointed Customs Area Comptroller (CAC), Kebbi Command, Mr. Iheanacho Ernest-Ojike, on Friday, reopened Border for international trade as directed by the Comptroller-General of the Customs, Mr. Bashir Adewale-Adeniyi.
Ernest-Ojike said that the border reopening was aimed at paving the way for legitimate trade that would impact positively on nation building.
” The officers and men of the command are ever ready to facilitate legitimate trade and act within the ambit of the law to simplify trade across Kamba Border.”
“This is not a permission for importation of prohibited items that would ransack the economy and compromise national security,” he said.
This is “as long as stakeholders import what is permitted by Customs extant laws, make proper declaration and pay appropriate duties to the Federal Government coffers”.
The spokesperson also reported the CAC as saying that food grains were still prohibited for exportation out of the country, considering the current scarcity of food in the nation.
The District Head of Kamba, Alhaji Mamuda Fana, commended the effort of the Federal Government said “this is a new hope to my people who had interest in cross-border businesses, and even small scale business owners domiciled in the area.
“I promise the Federal Government and NCS that my people will be cautioned on illegitimate trade and the advantage of reopening of the border to the country,” he promised.
