Ag. CGC Calls For More Collaborations From Maritime Stakeholders

Ag. CGC Calls For More  Collaborations From Maritime Stakeholders

AG. CGC. BASHIR ADEWALE ADENIYI, MFR.

By: Bisi Akingbade

Nigeria Customs Service has called on all the maritime stakeholders for serious collaboration on issue of economic development.

The Ag. Comptroller of Customs in his address of welcome said this during his first official visit as Acting Comptroller General of Customs to Apapa Area 1 Customs Command, Lagos.


"Let me express my sincere gratitude to all our stakeholders. One thing I want to pay serious attention to is that of collaboration. 

"As strong as we think we are, as strategic as we may be, Customs can not do it alone. We have to work with other strategic stakeholders, like the port authority, terminal operators, Customs agents, those who have concession to run with us, scanner operators etc

"It is a psyche and whatever affect one part affect the other part. So we are going to give recognition to all the stakeholders wherever they are, those who worked with us we are going to carry them along.

"We are going to encouraged you to walk at our pace because sometimes we might get very very exuberance and want to move at a pace. Once a while we will look back and see if you are catching up, once in a while we will stopped but we will not allowed your own delay to delay us unnecessarily.

"Customs agents, importers plays a very important role in the administration of the port and this why we believed we must regularly, periodically create spark of engagement on issues

He stressed further "We are going to developed and shared understanding in everything we do in as much as we believed that some of your operations may be motivated. Interest of the nation must come first. The interest of Nigeria must come first in everything we do".

Dr. Farinto while speaking on behalf of the freight forwarders, he commended the Ag  CG for disbanding the strike force. 

Farinto said the freight forwarders need the AG. CG to redefined the role of Customs police.

He stated that it is high time to look into the issue of fluctuating exchange rate and find a way forward.

Farinto concluded that  the Ag. CGC should issue port orders, when it is necessary.


 

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