The Comptroller of the Oyo/Osun Customs Section Command, Joseph Adelaja, has reiterated the utility of collaboration in tackling smuggling at border stations, emphasising that prudence sharing and synergy amongst businesses are key to efficient enforcement.
Adelaja spoke on Tuesday when the Leading Superintendent of Customs, O.M. Olanrewaju, led a delegation from the Nigeria Customs Liaison Place of work, Cotonou, Benin Republic, on a courtesy seek advice from to the command’s operational headquarters in Ibadan, Oyo Shape capital.
In his welcome deal with, Adelaja stated the usefulness of the Liaison Place of work in nutritious cross-border family members, stressing that the seek advice from aligns with the coverage thrust of the Comptroller-Basic of Customs, B.A. Adeniyi, which is anchored on collaboration, consolidation, and innovation.
Those had been contained in a observation issued on Tuesday via the Oyo/Osun Command’s Laborer Superintendent of Customs II and Crowd Family members Officer, Abdulmalik Akintola, and made to be had to newsmen in Ibadan.
Talking additional, Adelaja confident the delegation of the command’s complete backup in facilitating their tasks and inspired them to increase alike cooperation via improving prudence sharing.
“Such collaboration is crucial in combating smuggling activities at border stations under the command’s jurisdiction,” he said.
He additionally reaffirmed the command’s constancy to keeping up robust inter-agency relationships to strengthen industry facilitation and assure nationwide safety.
In reaction, Olanrewaju expressed respect for the nice and cozy reception prolonged to his crew, pointing out that the seek advice from was once aimed toward nutritious ties and fostering a greater operating dating with the Oyo/Osun Command.
He additional highlighted the core purposes of the Nigeria Customs Liaison Place of work, noting that they come with fostering cooperation between the Nigeria Customs Carrier and the Republic of Benin Customs, facilitating industry between each countries, setting up bilateral conferences, and adorning prudence accumulating and sharing between Customs formations at border fields.
“Our operational responsibilities cover the Idiroko border, Kwara, and Oyo State borders, and we are fully committed to strengthening cooperation in these strategic areas,” Olanrewaju said.
He emphasized that reinforcing collaboration between border stations would considerably support the effectiveness of anti-smuggling measures and strengthen industry facilitation, which is central to the mandate of the Nigeria Customs Carrier.