sun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said his administration remains committed to workers’ welfare.
He spoke when the Area Comptroller, Oyo and Osun Command of the Nigerian Customs Services (NCS), Muhammed Bawa, visited him.
Aregbesola said the government has not been able to pay salaries because of its dire finances.
He, however, said no one can suggest or establish that the administration is reckless.
The governor said an efficient and effective Customs Services is a veritable tool for improving the economy.
A sure way for the country to protect and expand its economy is by ensuring that local industries are protected adequately.
The governor said for West Africa’s economic development to be fast-tracked, there must be a free Customs zone in the sub-region.
“Nigeria, at this time, needs an effective and efficient Customs to improve and expand the economy of the country,”he said.
Bawa said his command came to Osun to educate auto-dealers on how to legally run their business.
He admitted that Osun, unlike other states, has fewer cases of illegal importation being a landlocked state, but noted that many illegally imported vehicles still find their way to the state.
He said: “We have come to this state to meet with motor dealers; we have come to advise them to enhance understanding and compliance to rules and regulation of the land.
“We want to reach them so that most of the illegally imported vehicles do not come to Osun, and it wouldn’t be seen as being a harsh decision when customs officials perform their legitimate functions.”