Despite multiple claims and approvals by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for the purchase of cargo scanners for the nation’s ports, there appears no end to the long-suffering.
The public hearing was sequel to a resolution on the “
need to investigate lack of transparency in the transfer of Technical know-how from Cotecna Destination Inspection Ltd and Global Scan Systems Ltd .
Gbajabiamila said this led to the collapse of the multi million dollars scanners at Nigeria’s Ports and Border stations. He recalled that
“in 2006, Nigeria acquired cargo scanners worth more than US$120 million, and retained the service providers on Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) terms”. He stated that the contract also provided that the service providers would provide training and technical support services to NCS on risk management, valuation and classification.
By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja
House of Representatives has said it was not favourably disposed to the bid by the Federal Government to purchase new scanners for the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS when the 22 old ones procured at the cost $120 million were lying fallow.
The House said it would rather prefer that the old ones be repaired and put to use instead spending another taxpayers money.
Members of the House Committee on Customs and Excise expressed the position at a public hearing, Monday, on the lack of transparency on the transfer of technical know-how from Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited, Societe Generale De Surveillance, to Nigeria Customs Service and Global Scan Systems which led to the collapse of multimillion dollar scanners at Nigeria’s Ports and Border Stations.
PHOTO: TWITTER/ HOUSE OF REPS NGR The House of Representatives has expressed anger over $120 million 22 cargo scanners purchased by the Federal Government but were mishandled after take over by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS). The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, expressed the displeasure at a one-day public hearing by the House Committee on Customs and Excise on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 22 scanners were said to have stopped functioning within a year they were handed over to Customs by the service providers. The public hearing was sequel to a resolution on the “need to investigate lack of transparency in the transfer of Technical know-how from Cotecna Destination Inspection Ltd and Global Scan Systems Ltd.
PHOTO: TWITTER/ HOUSE OF REPS NGR
The House of Representatives has expressed anger over $120 million 22 cargo scanners purchased by the Federal Government but were mishandled after take over by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS).
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, expressed the displeasure at a one-day public hearing by the House Committee on Customs and Excise on Monday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 22 scanners were said to have stopped functioning within a year they were handed over to Customs by the service providers. x
The public hearing was sequel to a resolution on the “need to investigate lack of transparency in the transfer of Technical know-how from Cotecna Destination Inspection Ltd and Global Scan Systems Ltd.