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The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted #23 million worth of illicitly imported rice brought into the country through the Port-Harcourt Sea Port in Rivers State.
This was contained in this year’s third quarter report presented by the Port Harcourt Area 2 command of the service.
The NCS boldly enthused that it was winning the war against smugglers and illegal importations.
According to the Comptroller of Port Harcourt Area 2 Command, Abubakar Bashir the service has saved the country more than #400m from seizures made between January and September 2017. He said illegally imported rice accounts for a large chunk of that figure.
In line with achieving the target of tightening port security the comptroller disclosed a lot more can be achieved with the provision of functional scanners.
The boss further boasted that the Port Harcourt Area 2 command of the NCS had thus far achieved 67 percent of its annual financial target.
The comptroller is optimistic that by the end of the year, the command under his leadership would have surpassed its N112.5 billion mark.
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