The Assistant Comptroller-General in charge of Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr David Agbaje has said the service would meet the 48-hours cargo clearance target at the ports.
Agbaje gave the assurance while receiving, the Managing Director of SGS, Mr Clinton Bambridge, in Port Harcourt.
SGS is one of the service providers appointed by the Federal Government to ensure 48-hour Cargo clearance target at the nation's Ports.
The Assistant Comptroller-General in charge of Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr David Agbaje has said the service would meet the 48-hours cargo clearance target at the ports.
Agbaje gave the assurance while receiving, the Managing Director of SGS, Mr Clinton Bambridge, in Port Harcourt.
SGS is one of the service providers appointed by the Federal Government to ensure 48-hour Cargo clearance target at the nation's Ports.
Agbaje said that when fully implemented the measure would facilitate trade in all the ports in the country.
He commended the company for installing modern scanning machines and Gantry scanners at the ports to meet the 48-hour cargo clearance target.
The zonal coordinator also highlighted some issues raised by Clearing Agents at a stakeholders meeting in Port Harcourt.
The issues include delay in the issuance of Risk Assessment Report and problems of uplifting the values of commodities.
In his speech, Bambridge commended the management of NCS led by the Comptroller-General, Abdullahi Dikko, on its transformation agenda.
He said issues raised by importers and clearing agents at the stakeholders meeting were being addressed.
Bambridge commended Agbaje for effective coordination of the zone and ensuring smooth activities at the ports.
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