The Nigeria Customs Service says it is partnering with the Federal Ministry of Transportation to strategise and implement policies that will boost trade facilitation.
The Ag. Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, said this in Abuja on Thursday when he hosted a team from the Federal Ministry of Transport led by its Permanent Secretary, Dr Magdalene Ajani.
Adeniyi noted that the service would make use of the instrumentality of its Customs and Excise Management Act 2023 as amended in ensuring the disposal of overtime cargoes from the ports.
He said, “I have always believed that Customs administration should act as a genuine agent for trade facilitation.”
The Customs boss also highlighted the benefits of trade facilitation as the reduction of cost and time of doing business at the ports.
He added that the NCS would put in place measures that double the efficiency and competitiveness of ports in the country through constructive collaboration between its management and stakeholders that are involved in similar operations at the ports