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TONY IJU STRIKES GOLD IN ABUJA: SECURES FG’S COMMITMENT TO REOPEN BORDERS.

TONY IJU STRIKES GOLD IN ABUJA: SECURES FG’S COMMITMENT TO REOPEN BORDERS.

News Feature, Press Release
President of the National Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs, Hon Tony Iju Nwabunike , has struck gold for transborder traders who have had their goods trapped at border stations after government announced the closure of Nigeria's land borders in August last year. An elated Tony Iju Nwabunike in a statement in Lagos on Monday said he also succeeded in persuading the National Assembly to hands off the Customs duties , hiding under the cover of over sight functions . The ANCLA boss said with Nigeria formally signing into African Continental Free Trade Area(AfCTA)agreement, it had become imperative that our land borders are opened if the country is to maximize the full potentials of AfCTA.He said ' following the intervention of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents ...