SGS Scanning Nigeria Limited has again reiterated its resolve to handover its cargo scanners and related services under the Destination Inspection (DI) scheme to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) by the end of December this year, in line with the service contract SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance SA entered into with the Federal Government through the Ministry of Finance.
SGS Scanning Nigeria Limited has again reiterated its resolve to handover its cargo scanners and related services under the Destination Inspection (DI) scheme to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) by the end of December this year, in line with the service contract SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance SA entered into with the Federal Government through the Ministry of Finance.
Managing Director of SGS Scanning Nigeria Limited, Mr. Nigel Balchin, said his company having fulfilled its contractual obligations under the DI scheme and looks forward to a smooth takeover of its DI activities by NCS officers from January 2013.
In 2005, SGS, along with two other service providers, was awarded a seven year contract that commenced in January 2006, to supply cargo scanning machines on a build, own, operate and transfer basis (BOOT) as well as training services and technical support on risk management, valuation and classification.
According to Balchin, SGS has delivered on the deployment of cargo scanners and also trained more NCS officers than was stipulated in its contract. In addition, the company in August this year, concluded the special training of 80 customs officers tagged DI Transition Team at the NCS Ikeja Training School, as part of her winding down activities. Additionally, SGS carried out renovation of some of the NCS Training School facilities and provided computers and other equipment.
“We believe all the NCS officers sent to us for training have been well-prepared to take over the DI activities as from January 2013. The seven year DI Scheme can be regarded as a transition phase from the former Pre-shipment Inspection Scheme to the next phase of NCS development, therefore the conclusion of our DI contract on 31st December will be a milestone for NCS. Having been in Nigeria for more than fifty years, SGS will continue to support the economic transformation efforts of government should the opportunity arise, he said.
The SGS Group has been in Nigeria since 1957.
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