Nigeria Customs Set To Close Down Shops That Sell Foreign Rice

Harboursandport.com: Lagos - The Nigerian customs service in Kano and Jigawa states is expected to close its supermarkets and stores that support imports of rice and other prohibited items. 

In a letter with reference number NCS / KAN / 053 / S.28 dated February 17, 2020, I wrote to all supermarkets and stores in the states of Kano and Jigawa and ordered them to refrain from being prohibited or threatened to close them.

However, in the letter, the agency did not specify when the system would come into effect. He said the decision was to ban the use of illegal substances in the economy and security of the country.

The Nigerian Customs Service in Kano and Jigawa states are expected to close its supermarkets and stores that support imports of rice and other prohibited items. In a letter with the symbol NCS / KAN / 053 / S.28 dated February 17, 2020, I wrote to all supermarkets and stores in the states of Kano and Jigawa and ordered them to refrain from being prohibited or threatened to close them.

"We consider it appropriate to write and request your cooperation to stop the importation of foreign rice and other prohibited items into the supermarket and the store so that customs officials cannot be closed," the letter said.

He added that any supermarket or store selling the banned items will be closed for economic and security reasons in the country. Since the border was closed, customs officials and other security agencies at the Jigawa border have confronted suspected traffickers who create illegal traffic.