The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Comptroller Musa Abdullahi of the Tin can chapter of the Nigeria Customs Service, has promised to resolve all disputes emanating from cargo clearance at the command within six hours.
This is against the background of the meeting of the committee in charge of dispute resolution twice weekly in the past which always caused delay to resolution of cargo disputes in the command.
The Comptroller who took charge of the command on February 1, 2018 added that the command would block all revenue leakage avenues to be able to meet its N354 billion target this year even as he stated that the command had collected N62 billion so far.
He said this at the breakfast meeting organized by the command with the maritime journalists in Lagos.
He said, “No dispute should remain for more than 6 hours because the committee in charge of dispute now meets everyday as against the twice in a week meeting that we used to have. Our help desk is domiciled in the PRO’s office. I am the chairman while the PRO is the deputy.
“We shall block all revenue leakage avenues to realise our N354 billion target so far, we have collected N62 billion.
He added that the command would contribute to fighting the menace of terrorism in the country by intercepting imported illicit weapons coning through the seaport.
He averred that the revenue collection of the command would not infringe on the government’s policy of ease of doing business.
On the variation in valuation or database, Musa stated that there would be harmonization of valuation database saying, with the NICIS 2 programme the valuation database would be automated by using VIN number that would provide all particulars of a vehicle and the value.
As a result, he maintained that in no distant future, transparency was coming to clearance of motor vehicles in the ports.
