Kebbi borders reopened for int’l trade, grains banned from export

The Nigeria Customs Service, Kebbi Command, has reopened the Kamba border for international trade in compliance with the directive of the Comptroller General, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.

The service, however, prohibited the exportation of grains, considering the scarcity of food items in the country.

While reopening the Kamba border at the weekend, the Comptroller of Customs, Kebbi Command, Heanacho Ernest Ojike, said the border was reopened to pave the way for legitimate trade but not permission to import prohibited items that would affect the Nigerian economy and compromise national security.

He expressed the readiness of customs officers to facilitate legitimate trade as long as traders imported what was permitted, made proper declarations, and paid appropriate duties to the federal government coffers.

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Speaking during the reopening of the border, the district head of Kamba, Alhaji Mamuda Fana, said Kamba is a strategic border with major shares in Kebbi revenue generation.

“We will continue to warn our people against illegitimate trade,” he said.