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Neighbouring Countries Transit 90% of Imported vehicles to Nigeria market

By
Jospeh Attah
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January 11, 2017
PIC.5.FROM LEFT: ACTING ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL/ZONAL COMMANDER, MR AZAREMA AHMEN; COMPTROLLER-GENERAL, NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE, RETIRED COL. HAMEED ALI; DEPUTY COMPTROLLER OF CUSTOMS, MR WALE ADENIYI, AND THE ACTING COMPTROLLER AREA 1 COMMAND, PORTHARCOURT, MR AROWOJOBE KOLAWOLE, INSPECTING 70 UNIT HOUSING PROJECT FOR CUSTOM STAFF AT ELIMGBU, DURING THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL’S VISIT TO PORT HARCOURT,RIVERS ON THURSDAY. 7455/12/2015/OCC/CH/NAN
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has directed operatives of the Headquarters Compliance Team and Federal Operations Units to compliment the resident officers of land borders to effectively beef up security and enforce the Federal Government policy on non importation of vehicles through the land border.
He said apart from being a statutory function of NCS to implement Government Fiscal Policies, as Nigerians, the advantages and opportunities inherent in the policy is a motivation to ensure compliance.
Regrettably, despite Nigeria’s bigger and more equipped port facilities, statistics has shown that more than 90% of vehicles imported to neighbouring countries are normally on transit to Nigeria market. Though duty rates chargeable for motor vehicles at both land borders and seaports remain the same, importers of these vehicles exploit the informality of land border trade, since they are not usually manifested for Nigeria ports to either smuggle through the porous border or compromise some Customs Officers and that of other agencies to short change the nation.
The CGC charged the anti-smuggling squads to ensure total blockage such that no desperate vehicle importer gets his or her to smuggle in the trapped vehicles.
He listed the merits of the policy to include:
       i.            Channelization of motor vehicles to Sea Ports will enable suppression of smuggling
     ii.            Creating business and job opportunities with the eventual emergence of bonded car parks for vehicles around the country. This will also lead to the emergence of bank branches and mechanic villages around the bonded car parks, with job opportunities for Nigerians.
  iii.            High volume of vehicle cargo for shippers will boost capacity and optimize use of facilities at our ports and car parks
  iv.            Higher revenue for the three tiers of Government to discharge their responsibilities to Nigerians.
     v.            Facilitate the recent collaboration among NCS, FIRS, Motor License Office, Police and Bureau of Statistics
  vi.            Assurance of duty payment for vehicle buyers giving more confidence on the road without Customs interception.
vii.            High volume vehicle cargo can lead to Government/Port Handlers engagement that will reduce handling charges.
Curiously, Nigerians are being told that over 10,000 vehicles are already trapped ten days into the enforcement of the policy when statistics shows vehicles properly imported through the land borders from January 2014 – 31 December 2016 was only 209,691 with N38,551,569,751.00 paid as duty. Smuggled vehicles seized within the same period was 5,998 with duty paid value of N10,271,734,415.36.
Beyond revenue loss, allowing a system that is fraught with security implications in our present fragile security situation will not be a patriotic thing to do.
Stakeholders are therefore enjoined to see the inherent benefits of the policy and cooperate with the Nigeria Customs Service as personnel strive to implement the fiscal policy of Government.
Signed
Jospeh Attah
Ag. Public Relations Officer
For: Comptroller-General of Customs
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