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FEC approves N1.1bn vehicles for anti-rice smuggling task force

 

 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N1.128 billion, for the purchase of 50 operational vehicles to be deployed towards the purchase of anti-rice smuggling task force.

The Federal Government is still keeping to its words on zero tolerance to smuggling activities in the country.

In October 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari, said the country will collaborate with Turkey in the fight against terrorism and arms smuggling into Nigeria.

The decision was one of those taken at the conclusion of the ninth Summit when President Buhari met with President Recep Erdogan of Turkey.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu in a statement on Sunday said the two governments agreed to support each other in the fight against terrorism, human trafficking, drugs trafficking and arms trafficking after Buhari’s four-day engagement in Turkey.

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