Customs gives inchoate reasons for continued checks at seaport exit gates
…As NPA, port users’ see act as anti ease of doing business There are strong indications that the insistence of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to continue mounting checkpoints at Nigerian seaports is further frustrating the presidential executive order on…
Importation of ‘Made in Nigeria’ goods current headache of SON—DG
The Director General of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Chief Osita Aboloma has revealed that the current trend of branding fake products from abroad as ‘Made in Nigeria’ is the most disturbing challenge of the agency. In his presentation during…
FG’s silence on wastages, demurrage rise on Apapa gridlock worrisome—Port users
Observed silence of the federal government on the plights of both Apapa and Tincan ports users since the commencement of reconstruction of the Wharf road has attracted the anger of stakeholders in the shipping industry. The summary of their grievances…
Statutory, logistics issues that may hinder Customs planned e-auction of seized goods
Indications are beginning to emerge on why the planned and publicized auctioning of seized imported goods by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) may not happen so soon as thought by even the Service and prospective buyers. It would be recalled…
