The Comptroller General (C-G) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Adewale Adeniyi , has restated his determination and commitment to sustain the anti-smuggling war across Nigeria’s borders.
Adeniyi made this known at the opening ceremony of the News Agency of Nigeria’s (NAN) 1st Annual International Lecture on Thursday in Abuja.
The lecture with theme, ““Insecurity in the Sahel (2008-2024): Dissecting Nigeria’s Challenges – Genesis, Impacts and Options” was conceived by the management of NAN as part of efforts to tackle the menace of insecurity in the Sahel and Nigeria.
“Insecurity has remained a great challenge that must be addressed, for the country to enjoy the dividends of democracy.
He said that NCS as part of its constitutional duties was tackling smuggling at Nigeria’s borders and ports, to combat the proliferation of arms and other contraband which was yielding positive results.
The C-G described the event as timely following President Bola Tinubu ‘s efforts on implementing its economic reforms, which required an enabling environment to thrive.
According to him, NAN has demonstrated its capacity to invest in other arms of the media, through its various products and services.
He said that the recent parley with the media indicated that the newspaper industry required intervention in the access to prints for their publications.
“Editors should rally round the president in addressing this,” he said.
In his good will message, the Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, commended NAN for bringing renowned security experts together to chart a new course to ending insecurity in the Sahel regions.
He expressed confidence that the event would deliver home grown solutions to end the lingering security challenge.
