Apapa Customs moves against Extortion during Cargo Examination

The Apapa Customs Command has said that all government agencies involved in the examination of cargo at the Apapa Port must endorse the examination forms at the base.

The Customs Area Controller of the command, Mr. Willy Egbudin, gave the indication at an interactive session with stakeholders at the command recently, a statement by the Association of Nigeria Licensed Custom Agent said.

He said, “Henceforth, all government agencies involved in the examination process must endorse the examination form at the base as witnesses to it.

“Any officer who deliberately creates avenue to extort agents should be brought to my notice for appropriate sanction.”

 

Stakeholders comprising licensed customs agents, importers and representatives of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council had earlier lamented the endorsement of examination forms by customs officers not privy to the examination in their offices. They alleged the process created room for extortion.

The Area Project Manager, Deputy Controller Yusuf, gave reasons for the complaints against the Pre Arrival Assessment Report.

Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) orders removal of rice from import restriction list....

NIGERIA- The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has ordered the immediate removal of rice from import restriction list and the re-introduction of import duty payment at land borders.

The Public Relations Officer of customs, Mr Wale Adeniyi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.

He said that the restriction was only applied at land border stations before now, adding that the customs boss had lifted restriction on rice at border stations.

 

Adeniyi said that all rice imports through land borders by rice traders would attract the prevailing import duty of 10 per cent with 60 per cent levy.