Member representing Yagba East, Yagba West, Mopamuro Federal Constituency of Kogi State, Hon. Leke Abejide was on Thursday announced as the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Customs & Excise Duties in the 10th National Assembly.
Hon. Leke Abejide was announced during plenary session presided over by Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen the Speaker of the House of Representatives while announcing other House Committee Chairmen and their Deputies.
The House Committee on Customs & Excise is one of the committees referred to as grade A committee in the House, his re-appointment as the Chairman was not a surprise to many both old and new members.
Recall that Hon. Leke Abejide was the Chairman House Committee on Customs & Excise in the 9th National Assembly, where he served diligently and also achieved the E-Customs, broke the jinx of 63years to repeal the Customs Act and enact new Customs Act 2023 for the Nigeria Customs through the 9th Assembly assented by Former President Muhammadu Buhari and has since become a law guiding the Nigeria Customs.
