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One of the legacies President Bola Ahmed Tinubu can leave behind after finishing his tenure as president of Nigeria is to have a Nigeria Customs’ Service (NCS) fully automated with efficient service delivery that aids trade facilitation.
The Nigerian government has ratified the re-award of concession on the implementation of the Nigeria Customs Service Modernisation Project worth $3.1 billion to Messrs E. Customs HC Project Limited, a Chinese firm despite a restraining court order. The government previously awarded the project to Messrs Adani Mega Systems Limited/Webb Fontaine. The NCS Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) had explained that the NCS would generate a whopping revenue of $176 billion over the next 20 years through the implementation of e-Customs project.
A federal high court in Abuja on Tuesday shifted the hearing in a suit seeking to stop the decision of the government to enter into a concession agreement
There is no respite yet over the controversies surrounding the approval of the $3.1 billion e-Customs concession project, as the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has allegedly signed a fresh agreement that excludes two of the parties in the original concession thereby overriding the Federal Executive Council (FEC).
The Federal Government has listed 100 major achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2021. | Pulse Nigeria