The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has debunked media reports that the Federal Government has lifted the ban on vehicle importation through the Seme border.
Customs Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Seme Area Command, Hussaini Abdullahi explained, in an Interview with the News Agency of Nigeria,that the service had not made such a pronouncement at all, though a proposal was written by some freight forwarders to the Federal Government following an advice from former Minister of States for Transportation, Ademola Adegoroye.
The Customs spokesman said that a recent visit by the Director of Road Transport in the Ministry of Transportation, Ibrahim Musa, only confirmed that the letter by the freight forwarders had been received and acted upon by the ministry by forwarding it to higher authority.
Veonewsng reports that the Federal Government had on Aug. 21, 2019, ordered the closure of Nigerian borders to curb smuggling of goods and weapons.
