Nigeria is losing hundreds of billions of Naira annually as a result of about 70 illegal checkpoints mounted on the Lagos-Abidjan and Atan-idiroko corridors by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), LEADERSHIP can exclusively reveal.
It was gathered that after the Nigeria Customs Service had removed illegal checkpoints on the Lagos-Abidjan and Atan-idiroko corridors, the Police mounted over 70 checkpoints on the trade corridors.
However, to maximise the potentials inherent in the trade corridors, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service , Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, reduced Customs checkpoints on the two corridors. According to trade experts, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, should order his officers to dismantle illegal checkpoints as it serves as an albatross to trade.
Jime stated that the trade barriers comprise transit checkpoints with unwarranted delays, extortion, illegal fees, and demands for bribes, saying 'it has far-reaching consequences.' "What we need to note is that we need the political will to let President Bola Tinubu know that in-view of the fact that Customs has removed illegal checkpoints on trade corridors, the Police are yet to comply and do same. All we need is people who can take the bull by the horn to make trade seamless.
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