THE Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, has accused the Nigeria Customs Services, NCS, of the “frequent obstruction” caused by men and officers of the agency, a development, stating that the situation is hindering the Ease of Doing Business policy of the Federal Government.

Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, yesterday raised the alarm, saying the recurring bottlenecks associated with the Customs Service were hindering the ease of doing business and compounding the woes of manufacturing companies.

The Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted various items of contraband worth N12.7billion between January and April 2020.
The Unit also intercepted a vehicle with Covid-19 sticker used for smuggling frozen chicken into the country from Benin Republic.

OPERATIVES of the Ogun I Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, patrol team on surveillance were last week attacked by smugglers who matcheted a member of the team after it seized 35 bags of 50kg of smuggled parboiled rice at Ilashe village in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State.

THE Comptroller-General of Customs Strike force in zone ‘A’ has said it raked in a total of N2.1m in the first months of the year from seized items. In spite of the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic, the team was not deterred as it combed the nooks and crannies of smugglers’ hideouts, intercepting uncustomed goods across the various states in the South West region.