The 2019 general elections: Smugglers threaten 2019 election - Report say

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The Daily times newspaper has brought to our attention a necessary evil that will mar the election of 2019, if government do not take the necessary steps to arrest smuggling in our nation's port.





According to DailyTimes Onne, Calabar and Port Harcourt ports are major areas of attraction used by the smugglers. The illegal activities were fuel by the abandonment of pre-inspection of goods at the point. They have called on the Department of State Service, the Nigeria Custom Service; the Nigeria Police Force; the Standards Organisation of Nigeria and Presidential Committee on Trade Malpractices to immediately swing into action and arrest the ugly development. Also, investigation revealed that smugglers import containers of goods valued at about $5 million that are never captured under the correct HS code 7210.30.00.00 – 7210.50.00.00 of Nigerian Customs Service portal, making the Federal Government of Nigeria to lose an estimated revenue of about N1 billion on weekly basis






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