He explained that the project was a public-private partnership arrangement.
However, reacting to this, Ali, said, “There are so many stories about court cases and about wasting $3.62bn. It is a public-private partnership project. These guys will earn their money from what we collect and not the government will take anything out of its pocket. It will come from customs collection. The government won’t take anything out of its budget.
“It will come from customs collection and we will finance this while they give us the service to get more revenue. They will deploy their money and they have to recoup their money. As of today, they have put over $300m on the ground to be able to get to where we are. So, we have embarked on the process to ensure the process come to reality and today it is a reality. It is on the ground and will start functioning very soon.
Ali denied the allegations that some officers were not carried along in the course of the project, adding that the service did proper sensitisation for the project. “I have seen reports of officers being not carried along. That is a lie because we have done all the sensitisation to carry all our officers along and I can assure you that all officers in active service are in tune with this concept.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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