The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo while receiving officials of the National Boundary Commission, urged for co-operation between agencies to fight smuggling at the Nigerian borders.Osinbajo, who is the Chairman of the commission promised to ensure relevant agencies partner and work together to deal with the problems at the borders. He urged the agency to work closely with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).
The Director- General of the Commission Mohammed Ahmed briefed the Vice President saying it was saddled with problems of funding, straddling settlements and reestablihment of destroyed/ missing boundary pillars. He also mentioned that the committee was responding to the resolution of the boundary dispute between Kogi, Anambra and Enugu States to determine where the mineral resources in the region are located.
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said that the commission was attending to the resolution of the
boundary between Kogi, Anambra and Enugu States to determine where the
mineral resources in the region were located.
He,
however, said the commission was awaiting the outcome or vacation of
the dispute between the Soku and Engeni people of the Niger Delta
region, which was before the Supreme court, before it could intervene
further
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Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said on Tuesday that the fight
against smuggling in the country could be won through inter-agency
collaboration.
He gave the indication when he received officials of the National Boundary Commission at the State House.
The
Vice President said the Federal Government would explore means of
ensuring that relevant agencies partner and coordinate effectively to
deal with the economic malaise on Nigeria’s borders.
He
urged the commission to work closely with the Nigeria Customs Service
(NCS) in ``identifying actual points where smuggling is taking place’’.
Osinbajo,
who is the chairman of the commission’s board, expressed appreciation
with the work of the commission and the detailed presentation it made
during the visit and called for improvement.
Earlier,
the Director -General of the Commission, Dr Mohammed Ahmad, said it was
saddled with problems of funding, straddling settlements and
re-establishment of destroyed/missing boundary pillars.
He also cited the problem of demographic movements with the emergence of new settlements.
Ahmad
later told State House correspondents that the briefing was to alert
the Vice President on the issues that required the attention of the
Federal Government.
He
said that the commission was attending to the resolution of the
boundary between Kogi, Anambra and Enugu States to determine where the
mineral resources in the region were located.
He,
however, said the commission was awaiting the outcome or vacation of
the dispute between the Soku and Engeni people of the Niger Delta
region, which was before the Supreme court, before it could intervene
further
- See more at: http://www.aitonline.tv/post-osinbajo_seeks_inter_agency_collaboration_to_fight_smuggling#sthash.sgFHmjR6.dpuf
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