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The Nigerian Senate has moved against the Nigeria Customs Service, and blocked them from proceeding with with the proposed plan to collect duties on all vehicles in the country, including old ones.
The Senate resolves that Customs should drop the move until its Comptroller-General Hameed Ali has appeared before the lawmakers to explain the idea behind the collection of the old duties.
The motion was moved by Deputy senate majority leader Bala Ibn Na'Allah, who was seconded by Kogi senator Dino Melaye at the floor of the senate today.
On his part, Melaye said if the vehicles failed to pay the import duties initially yet managed to leave the ports, then that this is the Service's fault and concluded that "We should not pay for the incompetence of the Nigeria Customs".
Recall that the Nigeria Customs had in a statement from its Acting Public Relations Officer, Joseph Atta, told owners of vehicles, who did not pay Customs duty to do so between March 13 and April 12.
The Senate resolves that Customs should drop the move until its Comptroller-General Hameed Ali has appeared before the lawmakers to explain the idea behind the collection of the old duties.
The motion was moved by Deputy senate majority leader Bala Ibn Na'Allah, who was seconded by Kogi senator Dino Melaye at the floor of the senate today.
On his part, Melaye said if the vehicles failed to pay the import duties initially yet managed to leave the ports, then that this is the Service's fault and concluded that "We should not pay for the incompetence of the Nigeria Customs".
Recall that the Nigeria Customs had in a statement from its Acting Public Relations Officer, Joseph Atta, told owners of vehicles, who did not pay Customs duty to do so between March 13 and April 12.
