Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali,has said that the Customs Service has put a stop to cases of highly influential Nigerians who use their influence to illegally bring expensive items including exotic vehicles into the country without paying appropriate duties on them.
The Senate has ordered the Comptroller General, CG, of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Hameed Ali, to reappear before it in his complete uniform next week Wednesday.
Customs PRO, Joseph Attah explained that the suspension was approved by the Comptroller General of the Customs, Hameed Ali, after a meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly.
In the letter which was read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday by the clerk of the Senate, the CG said he has a meeting to attend on Wednesday, hence his inability to answer the Senate’s summon.
The Senate was irked by the insistence of the Customs to continue with the policy in spite of a resolution by the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday that the plan be put on hold.
A group of lawyers known as Public Interest Lawyers League, PILL, has faulted the proposed Auto Duty Payment Policy, which will soon be enforced by the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, after the expiration of a one-month grace period – March 13 to April 12.
