CUSTOMS SUSPEND SALES OF FOODSTUFFS OVER LAGOS STAMPEDE.
The Nigerian Customs Service on Monday placed a temporary suspension on the sales of seized food items across all the commands in the country over a stampede that claimed lives at NCS Old Zonal Headquarters in the Yaba area of Lagos State last Friday.
This is contained in a press statement signed by the agency’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Maiwa, on Monday.
The Customs had on February 20, 2024, said it would dispose of seized food items to cushion the hardship and cost of living in the country.
To start with, the Customs disposed of food items at its Yaba office last Friday in the presence of other security agencies like the men of the Nigeria Police Force.
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