Imagine! Pots of Stew Worth N27million Seized While Been from China (Photos)
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it intercepted a container loaded with imported soup (Stew) and some other edible items worth N27,960,000 from China.
The container, which was sighted from one of the ports in Lagos. Addressing newsmen in Lagos the Deputy Comptroller and National Coordinator, Comptroller General Strike Force, Mr. Abdullahi Kirawa said:
He bemoaned the pots of stew and other items imported, which could not be identified as a result of Chinese Language written on their packs, could pose serious dangers into human health.
According to him:
“Nigerians are hardworking people knowing for our marvellous delicacies. How can someone be importing stew into the country?
The stew carefully conceived inside the container. I will advise that Nigerians should ignore concentricism and embrace ethnocentrism.
“Our quest for foreign goods and items must be discouraged and we must work hard to embrace and patronise home made goods including our delicious stew that are prepared from our homes and not engage in this type of business.
“This type of soup poses dangers to public health, to economy and of course the employment to our teeming youths. If stew would be imported, then what else are we going to do? So this is something we need to reflect on.”
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