The Comptroller General of Customs’ Strike Force Team on Wednesday has intercepted 564 bales of textiles materials falsely declared as machinery, foreign parboiled rice, footwears and foreign bags worth N895m.
Co-ordinator, CGC’s Strike Force, Zone A, Deputy Comptroller, Ahmadu Shuaibu, disclosed this while unveiling the seizure in Lagos.
Giving a breakdown of the seizure, the coordinator said other items seized included 1,252 bags of smuggled foreign rice, 564 bales of falsely declared ankara materials, 637 bales of footwears and 30,256 pieces of foreign bags.
He warned smugglers and importers of contrabands that the unit would not allow them to turn the country into a dumping ground.
Appealing to importers to always make honest declarations, he said, “Importers and smugglers should not make Nigeria a dumping ground because these fabrics and footwears can be produced in Nigeria.
“We have textile industries employing huge number of Nigerians. If we keep on importing contrabands, then how do we want them to remain in business?”
“These are what can be produced in Nigeria. We have hides and skin factories all around the country.
“In Aba, we have young boys doing very well producing footwears, bags that the Nigerian Army patronise them. So why do we need to import or smuggle what we can produce locally?”
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