Transfer Rice And Other Seized Items To IDP Camp - Buhari Orders Customs

 President Muhammudu Buhari on Sunday directed the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to transfer seized goods inform of relief items in various customs warehouses to designated officials for distribution to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camps.

Customs Public relations officer in person of  Mr Wale Adeniyi made this statement through the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.

He stated that the Comptroller General has set up a national committee that would coordinate and manage the movement and transfer of seized relief items to give effect to the President’s directive, tat the relief items currently in government warehouses for distribution to the IDPs include goods that have been forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

“It is important to stress that these items are only those that have been condemned properly in the competent court of law and have been forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

“They include food items like rice, vegetable oil, spaghetti and essential items like soap, used clothing materials, mosquito nets, beddings and others,’’ he said.

Mr Adeniyi said that members of the committee were drawn from Customs Service, Army, Air Force, Police, Immigration Service and the EFCC. He added that some non-governmental organisations were also incorporated into the committee.

He also emphasized that these relief items would get into the hands of the displaced persons themselves and not just to distribute them to the IDP camps.

Source: Premium Times