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Zone C FOU rakes in N591m from seizures The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone C, Owerri has generated a total of N591million as Duty Paid Value on 22 seized vehicles, including eight bullet proof exotic autos and 1901 x50kg bags of contraband rice. Controller of the Unit, Compt. Kayode Olusemire while briefing newsmen at the Benin Government Warehouse Friday, put the Duty Paid Value of the seized items at N591million. He explained that six suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures, and are currently undergoing trial at the court. While appealing to Nigerians to strive to discontinue acts of smuggling the customs unit boss described as economic sabotage, he urged genuine importers to acquaint themselves with import customs advice and be adequately informed of what constitutes import prohibitions, noting that ‘Ignorance has no place in law’. Olumisere explained that management of customs is solely interested in trade facilitation, but equa...

ANLCA Post Election Crisis How Western Zone Sacked Nwabunike Annulled illegal Abuja meeting, actions BY KESIENA SHEPHERDS After months of anxieties, the Western Zone arm of the Association of Nigeria Customs Licensed Agents, ANLCA, has sent the National President, Hon. Tony Iju Nwabunike led National Executive Council Members, NECOM packing, riding on Nwabunike’s alleged anti-association activities believed to have manifested in the creation of factions within the group. The Western Zone authority said the creation of factions in addition to alleged divisive tendencies by the embattled president’s has robbed off negatively on the professional enormous goodwill ANLCA has enjoyed over the years; and is obliged to respond to this threats meaningfully, by withdrawing total and official support to Nwabunike, and investing leadership authority on Mr. Emenike Nwakeoji, the man who contested and lost to the former, in April 2018. Recall that despite the Board of Trustees, B...

Union block Stevedores from CBA BY FUNMI ALUKO The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has said it will no longer accept the middle man role of stevedoring firms in the negotiation and payments of welfare packages for dockworkers; even as he slammed stevedores for shortchanging dockworkers. President General of the MWUN, Comrade Adewale Adeyanju dropped this hint aftermath of the signing of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, CBA, between it, terminal operators and relevant government agencies in the industry. Adeyanju said the signing of the CBA midwife by Nigerian Ports Authority and Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has effectively phased away the necessity for stevedores, most of which he described as faceless, hitherto. The Union leader made above disclosure last week while briefing   members of the dockworkers branch of the union on the contents of the newly signed CBA in Lagos. The CBA is documented agreement between employers and the...

Importers commences’ collection of levy on goods BY FUNMI ALUKO The Importers Association of Nigeria, IMAN, has commenced the collection of levy on imported items from its members, nationwide. Secretary, Board of Trustees of IMAN, Mr. Kingsley Chikezie who disclosed this recently at a press conference held at the Maritime Press Centre Lagos, named the Managing Director of Pintels Nigeria Limited, Messrs   Prosper Okolo and   Igwe John Eze as collectors of the levies in the South West Zone. While assuring that arrangements have been concluded all stakeholders and approval gotten from all relevant government agencies for the commencement of the new levy regime, Chikezie said the association is on top of a reform initiatives aimed at facilitating clearance of goods at the nation’s ports. He charged members of the association to operate within the rules of engagement and to continue to insist on genuine customs documentation by clearing agents and freight forward...

Support Staffs misses’ exam One dead, 8 involved in road accidents As Customs ‘conclude’ promotion exercise The last may not have been heard about Nigeria Customs Service controversial promotion examination, with eight personnel reportedly involved in road accidents and one senior officer believed to have also died from a ghastly auto crash, while returning to their various stations nationwide, after the conclusion of the exercise in Abuja, recently. Maritime vanguard Report also reliably gathered that about 100 support staffs of the service drawn from its accounting, medical, marine, transport etc missed out in the exercise, as they were served with General Duty Office examination papers. These set of professional personnel are usually tested in their field of discipline and operation.   Recall that management of the NCS cancelled the exercise slated for October 2018 reportedly due to ‘administrative hitch’. Feelers hinted that the cancellation was not unco...