Customs suspend rice sale in Lagos over stampede
Following a stampede at the NCS Old Zonal Headquarters in the Yaba neighbourhood of Lagos State on Friday that is said to have resulted in seven fatalities, the Nigeria Customs Service stated on Monday that food sales would no longer be allowed.
The exercise has been suspended, according to a statement released on Monday by Abdullahi Maiwada, Chief Superintendent of Customs and National Public Relations Officer for the Comptroller General of Customs.
The Nigeria Customs Department announced that it would be selling food products that had been seized for N10,000 every 25kg in an effort to lessen the suffering caused by the country's high cost of living and other financial difficulties.
A pregnant mother and six other people are said to have perished in a stampede on Friday following an attempt by some alleged thugs to break into the Yaba Customs office facility.
Some of the many Lagos citizens who flocked to the NCS office in Yaba on Monday expressed dissatisfaction with the initiative's suspension.
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