The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, has directed officers to be more committed as the service was preparing to take over destination inspection in 2013.
Dikko gave the directive yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Customs Command at the commencement of his tour of some customs formations in Lagos.
“We should gain our independence peacefully and we must succeed with this commitment’’, he said.
The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, has directed officers to be more committed as the service was preparing to take over destination inspection in 2013.
Dikko gave the directive yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Customs Command at the commencement of his tour of some customs formations in Lagos.
“We should gain our independence peacefully and we must succeed with this commitment’’, he said.
The comptroller general urged officers to be more thorough in evaluating and screening goods meant for clearance.
Dikko promised to increase remuneration of officers to make them more comfortable and diligent in discharging their duties.
He warned officers against gratification as this would affect the yearly revenue target of the service.
According to him, what is due to the Federal Government in terms of revenue must be collected from anybody as backed by the law.
“No good thing comes out of corruption,’’ he said.
Dikko said that officers should convince importers that the service had come of age and could not be influenced by corruption.
The current operators of the destination inspection scheme are to hand over cargo scanning, risk assessment, valuation and management to Customs by the end of 2012.
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