Nigeria Customs and the petroleum regulator NMDPRA are teaming up harder to stop fuel meant for local use from getting smuggled out to neighboring countries. Customs boss Adewale Adeniyi met with NMDPRA's Ogbugo Ukoha in Abuja to talk about keeping energy supplies locked down at home. They're hyping up Operation Whirlwind as proof that their partnership actually works through shared intel and coordinated crackdowns at the borders.
Adeniyi says Customs will keep backing the new petroleum export guidelines NMDPRA is cooking up since Nigeria's shifting from importing fuel to making enough to sell abroad. Ukoha pointed out that ditching fuel subsidies killed most of the profit motive for smugglers, but enforcement still matters.
Both agencies are looping in other government players like the Central Bank and the Navy to make sure the export rules actually make sense before rolling them out.
Adeniyi says Customs will keep backing the new petroleum export guidelines NMDPRA is cooking up since Nigeria's shifting from importing fuel to making enough to sell abroad. Ukoha pointed out that ditching fuel subsidies killed most of the profit motive for smugglers, but enforcement still matters.
Both agencies are looping in other government players like the Central Bank and the Navy to make sure the export rules actually make sense before rolling them out.
