Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has urged the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to collapse the multiple export desks at the ports, as they are creating a lot of bureaucracy.
Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has urged the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to collapse the multiple export desks at the ports, as they are creating a lot of bureaucracy. Managing Director of NPA, Mohammed Bello-Koko, told the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adeniyi, and his team during their visit to NPA Headquarters in Lagos, yesterday, ahead of the World Customs Day (WCD), which theme focused on collaboration with agencies.
The issue of multiple export desks, Bello-Koko said, is still a major problem at the ports, noting that the export processing terminals report to separate export desks, creating a lot of bureaucracy. He said access to the Ikorodu terminal, which handles between seven to 10 per cent export cargoes, had been a major problem, especially in the allocation of which agency owns what part
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