The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has said the Act establishing it did not make provision for any 10% freight levies to be paid to the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC.
The Executive Director of Finance and Administration, NIMASA , Chidi Ofodile, said NIMASA , as an agency created by an established Act of government, was consistently obeying laws governing its activities. He made this known on Monday in Abuja at an investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives Joint Committees on Commerce, Maritime Safety Education and Administration and Legislative Compliance.
. Doing so is going against the law. ' He explained further that both NIMASA and , Nonye Ayeni, said that NIMASA refused to pay the 10 percent freight levies due to could have done more.” Earlier, the Chairman of the joint committees, Ahmed Munir noted that
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