Speaking to officers of the service when he visited the Ogun 1 command of the Nigeria Customs Service , Idiroko, Ogun State, the acting CGC, disclosed that the service would review some of its policies if the compliance level of the border communities is high.
One of the policies according to the Customs boss is the review of the policy on supply of Premium Motor Spirit , to filling stations that are 20 kilometres to the nation’s borders. “There are a number of issues that our border communities have put across to us and some of them go beyond the mandate of the Customs service because some of them are policies done by authorities that are higher than us, however, I can assure you that we are working alongside other appropriate authorities of government and we will be requesting the review of such policies if we see situation that warrant such review at the borders.
“If there is compliance to extant law regarding import and export around us and if we see the support of the communities working with government agencies to enforce those laws.” He continued, “if we see our communities supporting government agencies of course, we will make appropriate recommendation for the review of border closure, importation of tokunbo vehicles through the borders and most importantly because of the removal of subsidy, we may also call for the review of restriction of petrol filling stations in and around our borders.”