The Acting Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has stated that he is in the know of the various challenges faced by Customs agents and freight forwarders in the ports.
Adeniyi, while addressing stakeholders during his tour of Tin Can Island Port and Apapa Port in Lagos during the week, acknowledged the drop in the volume of vehicle importation and assured the stakeholders that the customs would put up a position to the Federal Government on the issue of 15% National Automotive Council (NAC) Levy slammed on importation of vehicles under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
In his words “I have heard your concerns and the complaints which your representatives have put across to us, anybody who is in business wants to make profit, and there is no crime when you do business and you make profit.
“However, the understanding that we must have is that your business must be conducted within the framework of the law.
“The NAC Levy and other ones are policies, we would also have a position on it and we would engage the government, the most important thing is for us to listen to you when you express these concerns and then we go and address it.
“Please give us time, we will address the issue of levy, we are also not happy with everything that is going on, the rate of importation is low, we know that vehicles are not coming as they were coming before and because of that, some of you are not getting as many jobs as you used to, I used to work here, so I know your pains and what you are going through.”
