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The Sector 4 Command of the Joint Border Patrol Team of the Nigerian Customs on Friday commenced public auctioning of 3,522 cartons of matches with the Duty Paid Value of N17.6 for mostly petty traders in Katsina State.Each of the cartoon is being sold at 5,000 Naira which is below half of the normal market price of about 13,000 Naira, as part of measures to solve the current economic hardship that has hit the citizens.
While the Sector 4 Command of the Joint Border Patrol Team is still investigating how the vehicle was hired by the owner of the matches, the Unit Coordinator, Comptroller Kola Oladeji, told reporters in a press briefing held at the Command’s Northwest Headquarters, Katsina, that the auctioning exercise was approved and directed by the management of the Nigerian Customs Service under the leadership of the Customs Comptroller General, Bashir Adeniyi.
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