The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Monday told importers and freight forwarders that the Service was deeply interested in the wellbeing of importers and Customs Agents who have consignments to clear at the ports.
The Customs Area Controller, Compt. Dera Nnadi said this while speaking to customs agents on new modalities of what is expected of stakeholders who do business in the Command on daily basis.
In a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Ms. Ngozi Okwara, the Controller who emphasised again his theme for the year 2024, which is “A year For Stakeholders,” maintained that “the wellbeing of all who come to do business in the Area Command is a priority to him, the command and the service.”
Noting that the year is at its last quarter, Nnadi appreciated all efforts put in to ensure that the revenue for the year is achieved.
The Controller, however, called on all the stakeholders to embrace the spirit of compliance as far as trade regulation is concerned to ensure that this happens.
The CAC equally re-emphasised the struggles stakeholders go through during the ember season, especially towards the end of the year, assuring that genuine declarations from compliant traders will not have issues of delay at the port.
But he warned that this will not be the case for “those who think they can circumvent the system,” adding that they will “have themselves to blame as cutting of corners will not be negotiated.”
The Controller went further to state that he has ensured that “all new created bonded terminals domiciled in TCIP have spaces available for stakeholders while they go about their businesses, but at the headquarters here, no such space has been created.”
He promised that he would look critically into it as renovations are ongoing in the premises.
He advised the stakeholders to learn to keep the environment clean, pending when new bins will be distributed at designated areas, as a clean environment portrays a healthy lifestyle.
The CAC gave room for questions, which he answered and promised that all issues raised will be looked into with the PROs of the stakeholders as soon as possible.
