Those who are upbeat about the anti-corruption stance of the federal government may not have had any experience with the Nigerian Customs Service. Too often, we are carried away with the running belief in the public domain that the Nigeria Police Force is the headquarters of corruption. How wrong! Let such persons have a deal with the Nigerian Customs and he or she will understand that corruption comes in grades and degrees. Indeed, whoever has a deal with the Nigerian Customs will or should see the futility of fighting the malaise called corruption. It is wide and deep. A norm!
It is interesting to note that among all the revenue generating agencies of the Federal Government, the Nigerian Customs Service has been verily faithful in not only meeting its budgetary targets, but doing so, most times, before the end of the third quarter of every year.
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