Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, has replied members of the senate who ordered him to appear before the house on March 15th in his official uniform as a customs officer. Hameed in an interview with TVC , says he was not appointed to wear uniform but to do his work effectively:
“No! I was not appointed Comptroller General of Customs to wear uniform. Does Uniform work or the person behind the uniform?
If we suspect that smuggled items are taken into your house, we have the right to cordone thjat house and go in to search. Am I doing my job or not? I think that should be what should worry the National Assembly” he said