Author: Saint Augustine

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has harped on the need for the Nigeria Customs Service to ensure a uniform application of its rules at all the entry points of sea, air and land borders. The Chairman, Anti-Corruption Committee of NAGAFF, Chief Increase Uche who stated this in a press release he issued in Lagos also said that issues of uncoordinated alerts, frivolous value question, extortion, abuse of transfer and other systemic corruption needed to be resolved by Nigeria Customs Service management. While appreciating the level of achievement by the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) at Jibiya Border…

The Nigeria Customs service Board on June 29th, 2016 secured conviction for six suspects charged to court in 2013 for conspiracy, forgery and counterfeiting. The accused persons were arraigned with a five count charge before Hon. Justice Musa, H. Kurya of the Federal High Court on 11th September 2013. The six accused persons were alleged to have counterfeited Nigeria Customs Service Allocation paper ref. NCS/ADM/MGT/012/S.1/C VOL. IV dated 4th June 2013 with serial number 0002095 for 1x20ft container no GESU 2339750. Similarly, the six accused persons were also found to be in possession of counterfeited official seal of the Comptroller-General…

…Calls for regular interaction with NAGAFF The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called for regular interaction between his agency and the National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) in order to harness the full potentials of the maritime trade, freight forwarding and shipping business in Nigeria. Peterside made the call Friday after listening to presentation by NAGAFF during a courtesy visit on his office by delegation from the association, led by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) Chidiebere Enelamah. The NIMASA boss commended NAGAFF for its efforts in…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command has recorded an upsurge in its revenue collection as the revenue for the month of June, 2016 went up by 69% of its monthly target. A release signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Selechang Taupyen and made available to Primetime Reporters showed that the command collected a total of N695, 292, 849.76 (Six hundred and ninety-five million, two hundred and ninety-two thousand, eight hundred and forty-nine naira, seventy-six Kobo) for the month in review. The Command also made a total number of 64 (Sixty-four) seizures with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N 35,693,712.28 (Thirty-five…

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has dismissed as fraudulent an online platform purporting that the agency has floated a scholarship programme tagged “NIMASA Scholarship 2016/2017”. The Director General, Dr. Dakuku Peterside who said that this advertisement was the handiwork of some unscrupulous elements intent on ripping off unsuspecting members of the public advised people not to patronise fraudsters. The DG also said that NIMASA was not recruiting at the moment and that members of the public should not be deceived that the agency has engaged a recruitment firm to employ on its behalf. Dr. Peterside said that…

…Vows to bring sanity to the ports The International Freight Forwarding Association (IFFA), Apapa chapter has inaugurate over 65 man taskforce team even as it is set to set up committees that will work at the ports. Speaking to journalists shortly after the inauguration, the Chairman of IFFA, Apapa chapter, Mr. Ossy Ezenweinyinya dispelled the insinuation that the taskforce was over bloated adding that number was a clear indication of the enthusiasm and believe the members had in the executive of the chapter. Ezenweinyinya observed that before the taskforce resume work fully, he envisaged that the number would soar to…

National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to revisit the policy on importation since it is affecting their business. The Vice Chairman of NARTO, Dry Cargo branch, Lagos State, Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammed Inuwa who made this appeal in an interview with Primetime Reporters in Lagos members of the association in the maritime sector of the economy were suffering unquantifiable pain. He said,” We know that the government is trying to diversify the economy but we at the maritime sector or the economy, I am telling you that the pain we are now nursing is…

Following insinuations that Seme Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has taken over proceeds accruing from vehicles at the expense of the RORO ports, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, PTML Customs Area Command, Mr. Steve Okonmah has said that vehicle still for over 80% of the command’s total revenue. Okonmah who stated this in a chat with Primetime Reporters in Lagos while attesting to the fact that they had lost most of the vehicle importers to the ports of the neighboring countries however blamed the development on government policy. Reacting to a report that vehicle accounted for 70%…

The Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association has said that the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 is not yet fully domesticated in Nigeria two years after its implementation. The National President of the association, Engr. Matthew Alalade who disclosed this in a chat with Primetime Reporters in Lagos stated that the ship owners and the manning agents were not fully in conformity with their union even as he said that the government was yet to decide on which agency to regulate the convention. According to Alalade,”Coming to the convention like the MLC 2006, for the past…

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has called on the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to as a matter of urgency tackle the high freight charges on Nigeria bound cargo and the insecurity on the nation’s territorial waters. The National President of NAGAFF, Mr. Oluwole Adeyemi who made this appeal during a courtesy visit by the Management of the association on the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Dakuku Peterside at the agency’s headquarters in Lagos Friday stated that this would go a long way in reducing cargo diversion to neighboring ports in the sub-region. According to…