Rise In Poultry Smuggling Despite Ban.

As the three-month campaign against imported poultry by the Nigeria Custom Service enters its third week,smuggling and sale of the products have not abated,rather they have increased based on investigation made.
In the last two weeks of The "Operation Hawk Descend",the Customs have seized over thirty-two billions worth of poultry smuggled into the country through the southwestern axis of Nigeria-Benin border.
The Comptroller General of Customs;Mr.Abdullahi Dikko said the objective of the operation is to make imported poultry unattractive to Nigerian consumers due the hazard attached to it,in the cause of preservation ,which afterwards affect the state of health of the consumers,and this prompted the need of cutting off the supplies to nation's market.