Cabal behind reported lift of ban on rice importation through borders‎ – Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has debunked reports that it has lifted the ban on rice importation through land borders.
The NCS said the story was the handiwork of a cabal bent on sustaining the importation of rice through the country’s land borders.

A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the NCS, Wale Adeniyi, said the interview attributed to him as the source of the story was granted in 2015.

The statement reads in full:

“Our attention has been drawn to publications on various online platforms indicating that the Nigeria Customs Service has reversed the ban on Rice importation through the land borders. These reports were attributed to a press interview purportedly granted by the Service Public Relations Officer, Deputy-Comptroller Wale Adeniyi.

“It has become necessary to re-state the true position in view of the confusion which these online publications may create in the industry. It is even more expedient to provide this clarification given the fact that the Service has taken a firm position earlier in the week through a joint press conference with Stakeholders.