The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Hamid Ali has ordered the
immediate removal of all illegal Customs check-points across the
country.
In a circular numbered: CNS/ENF/ABJ/032/S.35 and issued in Abuja, Ali
gave the directive to the Acting Deputy Comptroller of Customs in
charge of Enforcement, Inspection and Investigation, A.A. Dangaladima.
He said that the circular was sequel to the directive of the
Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) in the
present administration’s determination to make doing business easier for
the private sector, considered as the engine of growth.
According to the Customs boss, any check-point beyond 40 kilometers from the border would be deemed illegal.
“The 40 km radius applies only to the borders. Consequently, there should be no check-points with the ports,” he added.
Ali also clarified that Information Patrols beyond that point should not last more than 224 hours at any given time.
According to him, only two check-points at Agbara and Gbaji are approved along the Lagos-Badagry-Seme Road.
He warned that Zonal Coordinators, Comptrollers FOUs, CACs CIU and
other units would be held responsible for flouting the directive.
The CGC would be expected to give a status update on its implementation at the next meeting of the PEBEC on August 15.
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