The Senate yesterday summoned the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Colonel Hameed Ali, Retired, over the recent ban on petroleum products’ supply to border communities.
The red chamber took the decision after an exhaustive debate on a motion jointly sponsored by Senators Tolu Odebiyi and Ade Fadahunsi.
The motion was on the need to revisit the suspension order placed on the supply of petroleum products to border towns by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service.
The NCS boss had placed a ban on fuel supply to towns and villages that are twenty kilometres to border areas an8d the development had caused untold hardship for Nigerians.
Senators, who made contributions on the matter, lamented the sufferings being experienced by residents of border areas in the country but failed to ask the NCS to lift the ban.
The Senate asked the Customs Comptroller General to urgently explore the use of modern technological devices in the tracking, management and scheduling of petroleum trucks along the border towns.
They also asked him to initiate a comprehensive audit of all petroleum stations and suppliers across the border communities.
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