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The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this after the inauguration of the National Single Window Project at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. The Nigerian Customs will communicate to the public.
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Adeniyi said he had met representatives of both countries to discuss issues that led to the border closure and to prevent a recurrence.
Adeniyi told reporters on Tuesday,“Regarding opening the land borders, consultations are already in progress, some of them are at a very high level. Over the last weekend, I interacted with my colleagues in Benin Republic. Earlier, I went to our borders with the Niger Republic.
“We are looking at the issues that led to the closure of the border in the first instance and we are working to ensure that those things do not repeat themselves and I’m happy to say that we are making steady progress.”
He said the Customs would “continue to consult” and “take guidance” from President Bola Tinubu, adding that “everything is to ensure that we have borders that are secured and hopefully with the deployment of Single Window at our ports and border stations, our borders will be more secured and we’re going to run them more efficiently.”
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Adeniyi, a member of the Presidential Steering Committee on the National Single Window Project, thanked the President for Tuesday’s launch.
He said,
“First, let me express my sincere delight and appreciation to Mr. President for making this happen. This is not the first attempt. But we’ve had situations where some kind of power play has characterized the implementation of the single windows.
“So we’re happy that this time we have a situation where Mr. President has demonstrated commitment and a very strong will, and these are very strong, critical success factors for the implementation of any project, particularly a project like Single Window that is collaborative.”
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