NCS: APAPA AREA COMMAND ADVOCATES FOR RAIL TRANSPORT SYSTEM
Bisi Akingbade
The Customs Area Controller, CAC, Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service NCS, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu held a meeting with the stakeholders in the maritime industry on how to improve on multimodal transport system, especially movement of goods by rail.
Comptroller Babatunde Olomu said that the meeting was on the instance of the Comptroller-General of Customs, CGC, Adewale Adeniyi.
Olomu added that the idea of the CGC was to improve logistics through multimodal transport.
Among those who attended the meeting were freight forwarders, shipping companies, representatives of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, and others.
His words “Recall that rail has been in operation for quite a while, so we want to fine-tune the process to improve our trade objectives. When we have a seamless trade process, it will benefit our stakeholders who are here today.”
The Area Controller appreciated the stakeholders for their participation was simply a way of boosting confidence which reinforces the goal to achieve efficient cargo transportation.
Head of Operations, NRC, Akin Oshinowo, expressed the readiness to always cooperate with the Service, adding that it was always been so to achieve a common goal.
“We have always found a willing partner in the Comptroller and his men, which forms part of the Standard Operating Procedure, SOP, established years ago.
“The discussion we had today aligns with the NRC’s objectives and supports the renewed hope agenda for rail transportation in Nigeria”.
