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Vice President Namadi Sambo has said the cost of doing business in Nigerian ports was no longer high as it used to be in the past even as the turnaround time of ships in Nigerian ports has improved tremendously.
In a message to commemorate the 60th anniversary celebration and inauguration of the permanent national secretariat of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) in Lagos, Sambo said ships now spent less time at the nation’s ports situated in Lagos, Calabar,Warri, Onne, Port Harcourt and Sapele
The vice president, whose message was delivered by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Maritime Services, Mr Olugbenga Oyewole, noted that the introduction of Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) had assisted in reducing the time which ships spent while waiting to discharge cargoes.
He said: “The co-operation of customs and other government agencies led to the tremendous change in port operations. This is the first time in the history of Nigeria that clearing agents will be moved out of the ports.”
He noted that the NCS was tasked to recover N1.2 trillion out of N4 trillion expected to be generated from all government’s revenues in 2014.
In his remarks at the occasion the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Audu Umar, lauded ANLCA for the effective role it played in the establishment of the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN).
According to Umar, who was also represented by the Senior Special Assistant on Marine Operations, Alhaji Tahiru Bala, the celebration of 60 years by the association was a landmark achievement. The federal government was aware of its contribution to revenue collection.
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