Nigeria: Customs gives update on Senate inspection of warehouses, speaks on auction

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Hameed Ali, Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) has directed Area Comptrollers to grant Senate Ad Hoc Committee access to warehouses across the country for inspection.
Joseph Attah, Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service on Friday, said the CGC gave the directive when the Ad Hoc Committee visited to intimate him about the commencement of the inspection of customs warehouses across the country.


Hameed Ali, Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) has directed Area Comptrollers to grant Senate Ad Hoc Committee access to warehouses across the country for inspection.
Joseph Attah, Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service on Friday, said the CGC gave the directive when the Ad Hoc Committee visited to intimate him about the commencement of the inspection of customs warehouses across the country.

He quoted the CGC as saying “customs has nothing to hide: our books are open and Area Comptrollers have been directed to open warehouses for the committee and provide answers to all questions.

“At the end of the day, we are all working for the interest of the nation.
“I was surprise to read on some national dailies that the CGC walked out on the Committee when members visited the headquarters.”
Attah said the Committee members had visited customs warehouses in Karu and FCT Command to see if seized food items were being wasted as alleged by some observers.

 
Hameed Ali, Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) has directed Area Comptrollers to grant Senate Ad Hoc Committee access to warehouses across the country for inspection.
Joseph Attah, Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service on Friday, said the CGC gave the directive when the Ad Hoc Committee visited to intimate him about the commencement of the inspection of customs warehouses across the country.

He quoted the CGC as saying “customs has nothing to hide: our books are open and Area Comptrollers have been directed to open warehouses for the committee and provide answers to all questions.

“At the end of the day, we are all working for the interest of the nation.
“I was surprise to read on some national dailies that the CGC walked out on the Committee when members visited the headquarters.”
Attah said the Committee members had visited customs warehouses in Karu and FCT Command to see if seized food items were being wasted as alleged by some observers.

He explained that the Service was operating on a presidential directive that seized food items be given to victims of insurgency in the Northeast.
“We have so far distributed 252,466 bags of rice and over 80,000 Jerry cans of vegetable oil, soap, ladies wears and shoes, among others, since 2016.
“The process of handing over these food and perishable items to IDPs involved some Senators who followed the National Logistics Committee to present the items to various IDPs’ camps.”
Attah said the Service had also adopted the e-auction rather than the manual process of auctioning.


Hameed Ali, Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) has directed Area Comptrollers to grant Senate Ad Hoc Committee access to warehouses across the country for inspection.
Joseph Attah, Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service on Friday, said the CGC gave the directive when the Ad Hoc Committee visited to intimate him about the commencement of the inspection of customs warehouses across the country.
He quoted the CGC as saying “customs has nothing to hide: our books are open and Area Comptrollers have been directed to open warehouses for the committee and provide answers to all questions.

“At the end of the day, we are all working for the interest of the nation.
“I was surprise to read on some national dailies that the CGC walked out on the Committee when members visited the headquarters.”
Attah said the Committee members had visited customs warehouses in Karu and FCT Command to see if seized food items were being wasted as alleged by some observers.
He explained that the Service was operating on a presidential directive that seized food items be given to victims of insurgency in the Northeast.
“We have so far distributed 252,466 bags of rice and over 80,000 Jerry cans of vegetable oil, soap, ladies wears and shoes, among others, since 2016.

“The process of handing over these food and perishable items to IDPs involved some Senators who followed the National Logistics Committee to present the items to various IDPs’ camps.”
Attah said the Service had also adopted the e-auction rather than the manual process of auctioning.
He explained that since the CGC launched the e-auction in the second quarter of 2017, more than 700 ordinary Nigerians had benefited from it.


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