Abuja, July 7, 2023: The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Wale Adeniyi, has reiterated his commitment decongest customs ports to enhance trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada in Abuja on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adeniyi said plans are underway to address the problem, adding that the service would do everything within its capacity to see to its actualisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe major issue involved in this case will be the problem of congestion at our ports, and we are going to implement measures that will address this matter diligently,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adeniyi said one of the measures the service would adopt was to ensure that traders desist from stacking cargoes and containers at the ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the service will ensure it implements the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 which, prohibits traders from stacking cargo and containers at the ports for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said following the law, Customs would facilitate the auctioning or destruction of such items, to serve as deterrent to defiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Comptroller-General said it was important for stakeholders to collaborate with the service to implement the policies that create sufficient space at the ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On trade facilitation, Adeniyi said the service would continue to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to strategise on implementing policies that would boost trade facilitation among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have always believed that Customs administration should act as a genuine agent for trade facilitation and this is what I have been doing all over my career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is clear that the Nigerian law has authorised Customs Service to synergise with security institutions and other agencies of government as a form of collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is to yield positive results to carry out the business of facilitating trade in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, said the ministry was equally working to decongest ports, adding that \u201cthey were over-spilled with overtime cargo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said the ministry had constituted a committee with members drawn from the Nigeria Customs Service as well as Transport Ministry and its agencies to tackle the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ajani further said overtime cargo disposal committee was working to implement policies that would decongest the four major ports in the country, adding that, \u201cwe are working in different dimensions.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Abuja, July 7, 2023: The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Wale Adeniyi, has reiterated his commitment decongest customs ports to enhance trade. This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada in Abuja on Friday. Adeniyi said plans are underway to address the problem, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,949],"tags":[490],"class_list":["post-51387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-economy","tag-customs","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"\n