President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigeria
Customs Service (NCS) to give relief materials seized
from smugglers in it warehouses to Internally Displaced
Persons, (IDPs).
PIC 18. OYO/OSUN AREA COMPTROLLER, NIGERIAN
CUSTOMS SERVICES, ALHAJI MOHAMMED
MUNDU SHOWING ITEMS SEIZED IN AIYEGUN BORDER
OYO STATE ON MONDAY (5/9/11).
According to the para-military public relations officer, Wale
Adeniyi, the comptroller general has set up a national
committee that would coordinate and manage the
movement and the transfer of seized relief items to give
effect to the President’s directive.
“It is important to stress that these items are only those
that have been condemned properly in the competent court
of law and have been forfeited to the Federal Government
of Nigeria.
“They include food items like rice, vegetable oil, spaghetti
and essential items like soap, used clothing materials,
mosquito nets, beddings and others,’’ he said.
Mr. Adeniyi said that members of the committee were
drawn from Customs Service, Army, Air Force, Police,
Immigration Service and the EFCC.
According to him, the customs boss also included some
NGOs, civil society organisations and the media to give the
committee a measure of transparency and credibility.
However, he said that the distribution of relief items to the
IDPs would slightly be different from the previous ones the
service had done.
“This time around, our targets are not the IDPs camps;
our targets are the IDPs themselves who are in these
camps.”
“We expect that the exercise will take a period of about
eight weeks and the trip will start very soon.
“The exercise is going to be slightly different from what we
have been doing before because we want these things to
end up directly with the end users.
“We are going to be working with state governments,
community leaders and other relief agencies to ensure that
these items get to the IDPs in a secure and transparent
manner,” Mr. Adeniyi assured.
Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by the
Boko Haram insurgency that has ravaged north-eastern
Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has
mandated all its officers to declare their assets.
Customs Service (NCS) to give relief materials seized
from smugglers in it warehouses to Internally Displaced
Persons, (IDPs).
PIC 18. OYO/OSUN AREA COMPTROLLER, NIGERIAN
CUSTOMS SERVICES, ALHAJI MOHAMMED
MUNDU SHOWING ITEMS SEIZED IN AIYEGUN BORDER
OYO STATE ON MONDAY (5/9/11).
According to the para-military public relations officer, Wale
Adeniyi, the comptroller general has set up a national
committee that would coordinate and manage the
movement and the transfer of seized relief items to give
effect to the President’s directive.
“It is important to stress that these items are only those
that have been condemned properly in the competent court
of law and have been forfeited to the Federal Government
of Nigeria.
“They include food items like rice, vegetable oil, spaghetti
and essential items like soap, used clothing materials,
mosquito nets, beddings and others,’’ he said.
Mr. Adeniyi said that members of the committee were
drawn from Customs Service, Army, Air Force, Police,
Immigration Service and the EFCC.
According to him, the customs boss also included some
NGOs, civil society organisations and the media to give the
committee a measure of transparency and credibility.
However, he said that the distribution of relief items to the
IDPs would slightly be different from the previous ones the
service had done.
“This time around, our targets are not the IDPs camps;
our targets are the IDPs themselves who are in these
camps.”
“We expect that the exercise will take a period of about
eight weeks and the trip will start very soon.
“The exercise is going to be slightly different from what we
have been doing before because we want these things to
end up directly with the end users.
“We are going to be working with state governments,
community leaders and other relief agencies to ensure that
these items get to the IDPs in a secure and transparent
manner,” Mr. Adeniyi assured.
Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced by the
Boko Haram insurgency that has ravaged north-eastern
Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has
mandated all its officers to declare their assets.