Following the executive order on 24 hours ports operations by the acting president, the Nigeria Customs Service( NCS) have started implementing the Federal Government directives.
A visit to Tin Can Island Customs Command of the Customs showed that a directive from the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf has gone out to all Units Heads of his command directing them to mapped out their strategies of implementing the 24hrs Ports operations in the command.
A source from the command said that, the CAC directive is among others to prepare for shifts that will put officers on duty 24hrs round the clock.
Just yesterday, the Comptroller General of the Service, Col Hameed Ali, during a town hall meeting on how to achieve the 24 hrs Port Operations, organized by the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria ( AMJON) requested all importers to summit their cargo manifest to customs 7 days ahead ,even before the ship left its point of loading.
Comptroller Bashar Yusuf of the Tin Can Island port is one of the Service arrow head who is bent on enforcing all government directives, as well as facilitating trade.