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Customs Boss Hameed Ali and Presidential Aide Ita Enang this morning at the National Assembly
The Senate minutes ago asked sent away the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (Retd.), for failing to appear before it wearing Customs uniform as earlier directed by the Upper Chamber. The Senators in a voice vote ordered the Customs CG to come back dressed in Customs uniform next week Wednesday, March 22, 2017.
Ali, who appeared in a white caftan, had told the Senators that no law makes it compulsory for him to wear Customs uniform.
This angered the Senators, with some of them declaring the reply as derogatory and unacceptable. They cited sections 7, 8 and 10 of the Customs Act which state that Customs share the same privileges with police and other security institutions.
