Mr Adeniyi, who holds a master’s degree in communication management, once served as Customs spokesperson between June 2002 to May 2011.
The former CBN governor said it made no sense that the country’s daily PMS consumption had increased by 50 per cent in three years.
The average daily evacuation (depot truck out) from January to August 2022 stands at 67 million litres per day, according to NNPC.
This amount surpassed the service’s achievements for 2021 by N48 billion accounting for 28.8 per cent.
“Any misbehaviour by any officer will be punished. Only recently, we embarked on dismissal and demotion of officers…”
The Reps also approved N369 billion as the 2022 budget for customs.
The minister said that the resumed smuggling of foreign rice, especially through the land borders, is constituting a serious threat to the nation’s GDP.
The agency said foreigners, conniving with Nigerians, use the country as a transit for illegal wildlife trade.
“While we have synergy, we also have the challenge of operating on different wavelengths.”
“So we must overhaul our judiciary and overhaul the enforcement and if these two work efficiently, corruption will be fought,” Mr. Ali said.
