Caption: A seized Roy Roys 2019 at Apapa Customs last week
The National Publicity Secretary of Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA); Mr. Joe Sanni has called for an urgent activation of vehicles’ ex-factory process for imported vehicles.
Sanni who said this in a statement last week in Lagos, a copy of which was sighted by Shipping Position Daily, also maintained that by activation of the platform, a lot of revenue will be generated to the federal government.
“Vehicles’ ex-factory prices must, without much ado, be activated without any further delay because it is the easiest thing that can be done, as several less endowed African countries have long done it and earning more revenue, while ensuring transparent transactions within their Ports system”, he argued.
The ANLCA image maker however reiterated the need for scanners to be made available at the ports, adding that it will help in maximum elimination of human interaction.
“If truth must be told, the part of the cargo delivery process that attracts the heaviest human traffic and biggest human interactions, is at the terminals’ examination/inspection bays.
At these bases, lots of delays are experienced, as much as “lots” goes on there”
“Scanners replacing these bays ensure the minimization/elimination of human interaction which creates room for corruptive tendencies, slows down cargo delivery processes, accentuates a drag in ease-of-doing-business and hampers trade facilitation”
Speaking on the high rate of vandalization of imported vehicles at the terminals, Sanni advised that there should be the installation of security cameras at the terminals.
“Similarly, CCTV cameras installed at the terminals area, exit gates zones, and at the Customs Processing Centers, will definitely assist in security monitoring of Cargoes and persons, such that Cargoes being delayed from exit or being reexamined at the gates are immediately interdicted and corrected. This monitoring ensured from the control rooms of the CCTV cameras” he said.
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