Nigeria Customs to export farm produce to Europe

Northern States.
The Comptroller in charge of Kano and
Jigawa States, Abutu Mathias, made this
known on Thursday during the quarterly
stakeholders’ forum in Kano.
Mr. Mathias said that the aim was to
complement the efforts of the Federal
Government towards boosting the non-oil
sector to revive the nation’s economy.
He said that the process was set to begin
during the November and December harvest
of 2016.
The officer revealed that some of the
produce to be exported are sesame and gum
arabic grains among other types of
exportable grains.
The comptroller appealed to all agencies
involved to give the effort a maximum
cooperation to achieve the desired goals.
On the achievements recorded by the
command this year, Mr. Mathias noted that
the revenues collected so far in every month
of this year exceeded the revenues generated
in the corresponding months of the year
2015.
He expressed optimism that the command
would maintain the tempo in order to meet
up with the 2016 target.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Kano and
Jigawa states command of the Nigeria Custom Service, had
conducted its quarterly stakeholders’ forum in Kano where
vital issues were discussed to improve the services of the
NCS.
(NAN)  
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