N3 Billion has been approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the procurement of two speed boats for the Nigerian Customs Service. Briefing State House Correspondents after FEC meeting, information Minister Labaran Maku said the boats were to be used to curb the increasing spate of smuggling and piracy within the nation`s water. “The ministry having considered in the recent upsurge in smuggling as well as the need to equip the Nigerian Custom Service in order to check the activities of smugglers and therefore prevent the huge revenue losses that this nation often is forced to suffer as a result of smuggling, proposed to buy two high speed boats which will be fitted with surveillance equipment to enable Nigeria Customs Service go deeper into the high sees to check the activities of smugglers and pirates, which has become a very serious source of worry to the government as a whole. 3 billion for two boats? Only in naija, haba!

Poster, I am more baffled by you. What do you expect from a government that orders waste bin from London at the rate of N20000 each?