Beninoise
Customs chief visits Nigerian counterpart over border security
The
two-day working visit of the Beninoise Comptroller-General of Customs, Col.
Theophile Soussia, ended with a tour of the Customs College at
Gwagwalada in Abuja.
The Benin
Customs boss had visited the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria
Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Dikko Inde Abdulahi, at the Customs Headquarters
in Abuja where he commended the Service for its leading role in ensuring the
success of the Customs conference held last March in Cotonou, the Beninoise
capital.
According
to the Service Deputy Public Relations Officer, Assistant Comptroller Joseph
Attah, Soussia's visit aims at improving security at the Nigeria - Benin border
stations.
Attah
said that both Customs chiefs pledged their commitment towards tackling illegal
trade in small arms and light weapons across the borders stations.
In his
words: "Both Comptrollers discussed further collaboration and also looked
at ways in which our border stations will be safer."
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