Harboursandport.com: Lagos-- The Tin-Can Island command of the
Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has said it is set to automate the vexed issue of
valuation of imported vehicles into the country.
Valuation for imported vehicles
has been problematic in past following different values given for the same imported
vehicles by officers of the Service because officers are left to use their initiative.
Custom Area Controller (CAC) of
the Command, Musa Abdullahi, said that they have completed collation of the
relevant data base in terms of value, cost, country of origin etc for the
process to commence.
Abdullahi explained that several
meeting with all the relevant units of the service are going on to ensure
smooth implementation of the automation process. The Customs boss also revealed
that the command has collected N62 billion revenue into the Federation account between the months of January to March out
of the targeted N354 billion for 2018.
He explained that the command is doing all it can to
block all resources of revenue leakages.
He also disclosed that the
command is training its officers and staff in readiness for the deployment of
new cargo clearing process known as NICES 11.
According to him, “We shall block
all revenue leakages to collect appropriate duties and meet our target of
354B. So far we have collected N62 billion. NICIS II is
an upgrade of NICIS I with more efficient and functional capabilities to enable
Quick Cargo Clearances thereby reduces transaction
cost. Stakeholders / Officers are undergoing Training for ease of
Implementation and Migration.
Prior to this time, the Dispute
Resolution Committee, DRC, was meeting twice a week to deliberate on conflicts
arising from Valuation, Classification, PAAR etc. However on
assumption and as a pointer to our renewed enthusiasm for Trade Facilitation, I
have directed that all issues arising from disputes must be attended to and
resolved in six hours.
“In view of this, the DRC have
been directed to sit on daily basis for quick Resolution of issues.”
He further noted that the Command
will continue to build capacity in all core Customs Areas of classification,
Valuation, Risk Management, Data Management etc in other to serve stakeholders
better.
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