Customs Boss Reveals Plans to Lift Ban on Importation of Vehicles through Seme Border
By Our Correspondent
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, on Friday gave an indication that there are plans to lift the ban placed on the importation of vehicles through Seme-Krake land border.
Adeniyi said lifting of the ban can be possible on the completion of the arrangement on the Nigeria-Benin Republic trans-border trade interconnectivity.
Speaking at Seme Border, Adeniyi said that the issue will not just be limited to vehicles, explaining that having a functional interconnectivity framework will go a long way in creating confidence and operational conditions needed for smooth trade harmonization in trade restrictions in broader value chain.
The CG was reacting to the statement by the Chairman of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Seme Chapter, Alhaji Toyin Wasiu, who made the call on behalf of other freight forwarders operating in the Seme border areas.
The CG further added that removing the obstacles was tied to the successful outcome of the emerging joint border-management and trade-interconnectivity architecture.
According to Adeniyi, “Like the ANLCA Chairman requested in his remarks, we are all here to achieve the process for seamless trade.”
He stated that the moment the interconnectivity scheme becomes fully operational, the Customs Service will be in a stronger position to project its successes and move in harmonising trade restrictions exist.
He stressed the need for confidence to be built between the agencies, operators and traders on both sides of the border as prelude to the lifting of the ban on importation of vehicles through the border.
Adeniyi spoke on the backdrop of the launch of the Joint Nigeria-Benin Republic One Stop Border Post Assessment, an initiative mainly designed to ensure that collaboration between the two Customs administrations are deepened.
The Directeur Général of Benin Customs, Col. Raouf Malehhossou Aboudou, had during the occasion commended Adeniyi for being pragmatic and purposeful in reinventing operational systems in a bid to t improve trans-border trade.
Aboudou promised that the Benin Customs administration will support the new effort to recalibrate joint assessments.
He assured that his officers and men will be ready to work with their Nigerian counterparts in order to achieve the objectives of the initiative.
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Dr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, on Friday gave an indication that there are plans to lift the ban placed on the importation of vehicles through Seme-Krake land border.
Adeniyi said lifting of the ban can be possible on the completion of the arrangement on the Nigeria-Benin Republic trans-border trade interconnectivity.
Speaking at Seme Border, Adeniyi said that the issue will not just be limited to vehicles, explaining that having a functional interconnectivity framework will go a long way in creating confidence and operational conditions needed for smooth trade harmonization in trade restrictions in broader value chain.
The CG was reacting to the statement by the Chairman of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Seme Chapter, Alhaji Toyin Wasiu, who made the call on behalf of other freight forwarders operating in the Seme border areas.
The CG further added that removing the obstacles was tied to the successful outcome of the emerging joint border-management and trade-interconnectivity architecture.
According to Adeniyi, “Like the ANLCA Chairman requested in his remarks, we are all here to achieve the process for seamless trade.”
He stated that the moment the interconnectivity scheme becomes fully operational, the Customs Service will be in a stronger position to project its successes and move in harmonising trade restrictions exist.
He stressed the need for confidence to be built between the agencies, operators and traders on both sides of the border as prelude to the lifting of the ban on importation of vehicles through the border.
Adeniyi spoke on the backdrop of the launch of the Joint Nigeria-Benin Republic One Stop Border Post Assessment, an initiative mainly designed to ensure that collaboration between the two Customs administrations are deepened.
The Directeur Général of Benin Customs, Col. Raouf Malehhossou Aboudou, had during the occasion commended Adeniyi for being pragmatic and purposeful in reinventing operational systems in a bid to t improve trans-border trade.
Aboudou promised that the Benin Customs administration will support the new effort to recalibrate joint assessments.
He assured that his officers and men will be ready to work with their Nigerian counterparts in order to achieve the objectives of the initiative.
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