Nigeria
customs Service, (NCS) yesterday said that its officers and men would soon
commence shift duty to ensure that it meets the 24 hours port operations target
directed by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo.
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| Acting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo |
Comptroller-General
of the Customs Service, Col Hammed Ali (Rtd), who disclosed this in Lagos, said
that officers will now begin to work in shifts as they cannot be
over-stretched.
In his
words, “There is no way we can stretch one person for 24 hours, so we have to
adopt the process of shift and that is the only way we can cover the Executive
order on 24 hours port operation effectively”
he added.
Similarly,
the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala
Usman, has also said that respective Heads of agencies operating in the ports
had equally issued directives to their staff to comply with the order.
She
explained that yesterday’s meeting was to evaluate the implementation of the
order by the various agencies in the port.
The NPA
boss disclosed that part of the resolution from the meeting was the sustenance
of the implementation of the Executive order.
She said
“We are here today to have an interaction around the Executive order on port
operation that was issued by the Acting President, and following weeks of
implementation, we felt the need for all of us (Heads of agencies) to come
together to determine how far our operatives have gone in implementing the
Executive orders and also to harmonize our position and have one single
implementation stream in implementing the order.
“We have
very fruitful deliberations; we are going to sustain these deliberations as we
go into the deadlines for the respective Executive orders.
We have
the orders as stipulated we have identified them and every agency have
committed towards deploying all human infrastructure required to achieve them.
It will
recalled that the Acting President, churned out some executive orders that will
make the port work on a 24 hour basis, some of the orders are that
There
shall be no touting whatsoever by official or unofficial persons at any port in
Nigeria.
On duty
staff will be properly identified by uniforms and official cards.
Off duty
staff shall stay away from the ports except with the express approval of the
agency head.
The
Nigerian Ports Authority, (NPA) shall enforce their order with immediate
effect.
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