The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali has approved the release of 247 truckloads of relief items with a market value of 3.250 billion naira and a Duty Paid Value of 2 billion naira from its warehouses.
A statement by Customs’ Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah, said the approval was in compliance with the Presidential directive to provide relief items from seizures by Customs operatives.
It said the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus COVID-19 necessitated various and continuous actions by Government at different levels to prevent and/or stop the spread of the virus in Nigeria.
The statement also said in reaction to pains associated with the effects of the lockdown in some parts of the country, some Nigerians on social media called on the Nigeria Customs Service to share seized rice and other edible items to the public.
