90% OF VEHICLES IN NIGERIA ARE SMUGGLED – CUSTOM BOSS, HAMEED ALI
Demilade Tiwo
.
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali , has said 90 percent of cars in the country were smuggled into the country by illegitimate means.
Ali, while speaking during a press conference in Abuja, alleged that many vehicles on display for sale in auto shops across the country were also smuggled, stating that the recent raid of car dealers’ spots in some parts of the country were to ascertain whether the vehicles were brought in genuinely or not.
According to him, Nigeria needs revenue for development, hence, it is necessary to collect duties on those smuggled vehicles.
“We want to use this opportunity to ensure that cars within our borders are fully customized, which means duties are paid on them. ”We are looking for revenue from everywhere and we have these people who brought in vehicles and failed to pay duties. “What we are doing now, we are just enforcing the law, which allows us to collect revenue on behalf of Nigeria and also ensure those vehicles you and I will go and buy have genuine papers” he said.
However he mentioned that the custom officials will seize any vehicle found not dully registered, he also explained that the force is carrying out this operation to save car buyers from running into trouble.
More Stories
LAGOS GOVT VOWS TO GO TOUGH ON BUILDINGS WITHOUT PLANNING PERMITS AFTER THE AMNESTY WINDOW
The Lagos State Government has vowed to go tough on buildings without Planning Permits after the expiration of the current...
LASEPA HOLDS CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR ETP OPERATORS
ln a proactive move to uphold environmental standards and combat the menace of environmental pollution, the Lagos State Environmental Protection...
LAGOS GOVT ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF APPLICATIONS FOR 2024/2025 LATEEF JAKANDE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY COHORT
The Lagos State Government has announced the commencement of the applications for the 2024/2025 Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy Cohort. According...
PROTEST AS GUNMEN KILL 12 IN PLATEAU VILLAGE AGAIN
Twelve people have been slain in a gunman's retaliatory attack against the Tilengpat Pushit community in Plateau State's Mangu Local...
SANWO-OLU, FASHOLA, OTHERS CHART NEW COURSE FOR YOUTHS AT FIRST LAGOS LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
The first Lagos Leadership Summit, held Wednesday, ignited new passion and zeal towards charting a new course of action for...
GUINNESS WORLD RECORD: DAVIDO CHEERS ON NIGERIAN CHESS MASTER, ONAKOYA IN NEW YORK
Afrobeat sensation David Adeleke, popularly known by his stage name Davido, has come out in support of chess master Tunde...