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Home » Trans-Border Security:  Customs, Nigerian Army To Forge Stronger Partnership

Trans-Border Security:  Customs, Nigerian Army To Forge Stronger Partnership

Oluyinka Onigbinde

by Joshua
September 12, 2023
in Featured, News

In a bid to bolster border security and combat the growing threat of insecurity, the Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has commended the Nigerian Army’s efforts in combating the menace of insecurity in Nigeria, expressing the need for the two agencies to collaborate more in curbing smuggling and other border threats.

 

Adeniyi stated this on Monday when he led a high-powered delegation on a courtesy visit to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, at the Army Headquarters in Abuja.

 

The Ag Comptroller-General, while congratulating the Chief of Army Staff, stated that, “your appointment as Chief of Army Staff is no longer news, but I still feel mandated to congratulate you on this well-deserved position.”

 

According to him, the seamless collaboration between the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigerian Army would provide opportunity for the two agencies to work together and improve their expertise in the areas of fight against smuggling, counter-terrorism, intelligence and extending humanitarian support to the public.

 

“We need this active collaboration with the Nigerian Army to enable us to kick-start our social programme of distributing relief items to the victims of insurgency at IDP Camps, and we want the Nigerian Army to provide us with security and logistics while conveying this stuff.” Ag. CGC said.

He also appreciated the long-existing relationship and formidable bond between the two agencies. “We have collaborated in several missions that succeeded in curbing smuggling, hence the need to form a formidable force to fight against enemies of the state,” he added.

 

“I wish to extend our sincere request to strengthen our ties to address the illegal inflow of dangerous goods and other threats to national sovereignty”, he said, adding that the support that the Nigerian Army gives to Officers and Men of the Nigeria Customs Service has enhanced their skills in many areas.

 

In response, the Army Chief; Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, thanked the Ag. Comptroller-General of Customs for visiting him and assured him of the Nigerian Army’s unflinching support to strengthen the security at the border areas.

 

According to him, “We must continue to collaborate to make sure we synergize and work closely in the areas of maintaining national security and training, and the Nigerian Army will continue to partner with Customs towards border-related issues and interests across the federation.”

 

He maintained that such collaboration would continue to provide valuable opportunities for the Officers and Men of the Nigeria Customs Service to acquire new skills and knowledge, recalling that the two security agencies have since been good partners in progress.


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