Customs seize N1.9bn hard drugs, expired flour at Seme border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : It connects Nigeria to the Benin Republic and serves as a gateway for trade and movement along the Lagos-Abidjan Corridor, a 1,028-kilometre highway linking five West African countries (Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast).
60% : Over time, the command has intensified efforts to ensure that smugglers are pushed out of business, thereby encouraging legitimate trade.
49% : Addressing journalists during his maiden press briefing at the command in Seme Border, the Customs Area Controller, Wale Adenuga, explained that the expired flour, 10,000 bags with a duty-paid value of N1.2bn, was conveyed in five trucks.
48% : Seme Border, located in Badagry, Lagos State, is one of Nigeria's busiest and most sensitive land borders.
48% : Our focus on trade facilitation has reduced transaction costs, streamlined processes, and ultimately increased revenue," he said.
44% : He reaffirmed the command's commitment to balancing its mandates of revenue generation, trade facilitation, and national security, leveraging technology and intelligence for efficient border management.

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