The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on Saturday visited former President Muhammadu Buhari and the Emir of Daura, Dr. Farouk Umar Farouk, both in Katsina State.
Adeniyi’s first port of call was the Daura residence of former President Buhari, where he expressed profound appreciation for the former president’s pivotal role in the emergence of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023.
“This legislative milestone grants the NCS expanded authority to implement policies aimed at bolstering revenue generation and facilitating trade, thus contributing significantly to Nigeria’s economic growth trajectory,” Adenyi told the former President.
The Customs Comptroller-General said his visit to border towns in the state is to ensure compliance to a directive President Bola Tinubu to ameliorate the socio-economic challenges faced by Nigerians.
“I will also use this occasion to brief you on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directives that all trucks of food carrying exports across the border that were seized by Customs be returned to the traders with the hope that they would plow them back into the Nigerian markets.
“I would like to assure you that we may continue to work for the peace, progress, and security of Nigeria, those key ideals that you have worked for, in all your years, in your career in the military, and what you did as President and now as a statesman,” the Customs chief said.
In response, former President Buhari commended the NCS for its crucial role in border protection.
At the palace of the Emir of Daura, Dr. Farouk Umar Farouk, Adeniyi reaffirmed his confidence in the collective efforts of the NCS and other security agencies to combat threats to national security, including the scourge of banditry and insurgency.
The Emir urged Adeniyi to remain resolute in his duties and to demonstrate zero tolerance for individuals undermining national security and economic stability.
The emir also bestowed the traditional title of ‘Mabuɗin Hausa’ on Adeniyi.