Customs, NCCSALW Deepen Collaboration to Combat Small Arms Proliferation
By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reiterated its commitment to intensifying surveillance and enforcement measures to curb the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country.
Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, made this known on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, when he received a delegation from the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), led by its National Coordinator, DIG Babatunde Kokumo (rtd), at the Service’s Headquarters in Abuja.
Adeniyi described Kokumo’s appointment as “a round peg in a round hole” and expressed readiness to strengthen their alliance to promote public safety and security through advocacy and effective public awareness.
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The CGC highlighted the Service’s modest contributions to ensuring proficient scrutiny of merchandise coming into the country, citing recent seizures of arms and military wares at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, and other ports.
Earlier, Kokumo appreciated the Comptroller-General for the collaboration and synergy between NCS and NCCSALW, briefing him on the centre’s multi-agency nature and commending the Service’s recent achievements in seizing arms and ammunition.
