THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved the procurement of a Cessna Citation surveillance aircraft at a cost of N1.73 billion for the Nigeria Customs Service.

Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, along with the Minister of Environment, Hadiza Mailafiya, and Minister of State for Finance, Yerima Ngama, said that the meeting presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan agreed that the aircraft will aid the Customs on aerial patrol of border routes that are not well established as major roads and easily used by smugglers to bypass official Customs border posts.

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