The current server failures experienced at some terminals in the Lagos seaports have been blamed on the lapses on the part of the service provider; Webb Fontane.
Addressing members of the Apapa chapter of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on Tuesday about the outcome of a meeting with the Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service, National president of ANLCA, Prince Olayiwola Shittu alleged that it was a deliberate attempt on the part of Webb Fontane to thwart government effort towards destination inspection.
The current server failures experienced at some terminals in the Lagos seaports have been blamed on the lapses on the part of the service provider; Webb Fontane.
Addressing members of the Apapa chapter of the Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) on Tuesday about the outcome of a meeting with the Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service, National president of ANLCA, Prince Olayiwola Shittu alleged that it was a deliberate attempt on the part of Webb Fontane to thwart government effort towards destination inspection.
Webb Fontane, a company employed by the federal government to manage the servers of the destination inspection provider, e-government software products, electronic single window portals, Customs automation, information and telecommunications technology and infrastructure services, peripherals and consumables, business process reengineering and standardization.
The ANLCA president alleged that the recent transfer of a destination inspection service providers; COTECNA from the Apapa port led to the failure of server at the port, even as he alleged that COTECNA and Webb Fontane had held a meeting in Switzerland to that effect.
"The server failure is a deliberate attempt to thwart government effort to destination inspection", he stated.
He alleged that the change of the service providers from COTECNA to Globalscan has created hiccups at Apapa port operations in a bid to render the indigenous operator (Globalscan) incompetent.
"When government started sponsoring the service provider, most especially Apapa where they have GlobalScan System, now COTECNA an international body and Webb Fontane held a meeting in Switzerland for all the effort to take over destination inspection at Apapa port again”, he alleged.
According to him, the association is working assiduously to ensure that when the Pre Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) commences before the end of the year, members of the association will not encounter difficulties in their Customs formalities.
He noted that a software which will incorporate ANLCA in the Customs to aid members to execute trade facilitation will be included.
"Come next week we are having a meeting with customs, minister of finance and Access Bank where the new software ,developed by ANLCA will be demonstrated and it is going to be included as part of customs operations”, he assured.
He said that the commencement of PAAR and the new software in place will make trade facilitation much easier for the association’s members.
Shittu also advised licensed customs agents to always comply with Customs polices in other to reduce the Number of Debit Note that they get from Customs officers.
He revealed to members that some of discussions held with the controller of Apapa command of Nigerian Customs Service include: valuation, alert and issues bothering on Customs Intelligent Unit (ICU) and examination.
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