Jubilation as Tinubu Gives Fresh Matching Order to Customs on Seized Food Items

• President Bola Tinubu has reportedly issued a new directive to the Nigeria Customs Service over seized food items in their custody
• Bashir Adeniyi, the CGC of Nigeria customs, said the president had ordered them to return the seized food items to the owners out of his kind generosity
• Adeniyi said the only condition given for the release of the goods was that they would be sold to the Nigerian market

Daura, Katsina - President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigeria Customs Service to return all seized grains to their owners so they can be sold to Nigerians.

Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), disclosed the president's directive during a stakeholder meeting at Kwangwalam, a border town in the Maiadua local government area of Katsina state, on Saturday, March 9.

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The customs boss disclosed that the president gave the directive in his magnanimous gesture to ensure that the people of Nigeria have enough food to buy from the market at chapter rates.

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Adeniyi maintained that the president's directive would be carried out on the condition that the goods would only be sold to the Nigerian market.

His statement read in part:

“The whole idea is to promote food security and ensure that Nigerians will not be living with hunger and Mr President considers this as one of the strategies that can help address the problem of food security."

He revealed that 120 trucks had already been seized by the customs, suggesting that lots of food was being taken away from the Nigerian market, which created the unavailability that led to pressure on the prices of food items in the country.

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Adeniyi then expressed optimism that when the goods are restored to the Nigerian market, there would be a positive change in the nation's market.

Below is his statement:

Buhari's court cases lost by Tinubu

Legit.ng earlier reported that Tinubu, on his way to power, promised to step in his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari's shoes and not on his toes.

However, it appears the president is on a different path from the Katsina-born general turned politician, particularly in some court cases.

The federal government lost no less than two court cases that the Buhari administration had started. While the Supreme Court dismissed one, the Tinubu-led federal government withdrew the other.

Source: Legit.ng