By Bon Peters
The Zonal Coordinator of Nigeria Customs Service Zone C, Headquarters Port Harcourt Rivers State, Assistant Comptroller General (ACG ) SK Dangladima has charged the officers and Men of Nigeria Customs Port Harcourt Area 11, Command Onne to always ensure that legitimate trade is facilitated.
The charge was made Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital during the ACG’s working visit to Onne Customs Command as part of his tour of all the commands in Zone C.
“Let’s facilitate legitimate trade,” the Zone C, Customs Boss maintained.
ACG Dangladima hinted that the core mandate of the Nigeria Customs service is to collect revenue, facilitate trade and suppress smuggling.
He insisted that Customs officers should ensure that legitimate trade is facilitated while he advised that customs brokers or agents should avoid wrong declaration.
Speaking on the staff training, he noted that going forward; promotion would be based on improvement on staff educational qualification.
“I advise you to go for Junior or Senior courses at Gwagwalada to improve yourself”
“Promotion will be based on merit as Customs is in a new era and for you to be promoted going forward, you must have passed through your junior or Senior courses at Gwagwalada ” he posited.
On the movement of containers to bonded terminals, he emphasized that containers on transire should be escorted to their destinations without diversion while insisting that Containers should not be delayed.
His Words: “Containers on transire should be escorted and make sure they reach their destinations. Please don’t delay containers. Work together and be your brother’s keeper”
While speaking on the inter-agency collaboration, he said that other agencies involved in the examination and release of containers should be handy at all time to avoid unnecessary delays and ensure that containers are released in good time.
He scored the Customs Area Controller, Port Harcourt Area 11, Command Onne, Comptroller, Mohammed Babandede high on revenue generation urging the stakeholders to assist in making sure that Onne achieves its revenue target for the year 2025.
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