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FOU Zone A generates ₦72.6m as revenue in March….
FOU Zone A generates ₦72.6m as revenue in March….
Seize expired illicit drugs worth ₦1.4bn to NAFDAC
By Ifeoma Ikem
Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, Nigeria Customs Service, NCS,on Tuesday handed over intercepted expired drugs with Duty Pay Value, DPV of One Billion, Four Hundred and Twenty-two Million naira (₦1,422,000,000) that did not comply with the statutory import requirements to National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, for possible destruction.
Acting Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu while addressing journalists said, the operatives unit in March made seized of contraband goods worth duty paid value (DPV) of Six Hundred and Ninety-Four Million, Four Hundred and Sixty-Two Thousand, One Hundred and Fifty Naira (₦694,462,150.00) with arrest of five (5) suspects in connection with some of the goods.
He said among the seizures made for contravening various sections of the extant Customs laws are: 6,228 X 50kg bags of foreign parboiled rice (equivalent to 11 trailer loads); 35,325 liters of premium motor spirit (PMS); 279 Cartons of foreign poultry products; 105 parcels (50kg) of cannabis sativa and 2 x 40 ft containers said to contain 883 bales of used clothes 8 units of foreign used (Tokunbo) vehicles.
“These seizures are a reflection of our commitment to duty and non-compromise in the discharge of our functions; aimed at protecting the nation’s economy and preventing importation of prohibited and harmful products from entering our domestic markets.
The general public is encouraged to approach any Customs office across the country for information and guidance concerning international trade. Customs sign MoU, assure cartels of maximum loss,he added.
Ejibunu explained that the unit in an efforts to prevent loss of government revenue to duty underpayments that either arose from the undervaluation of imported items or wrong Harmonized System (HS) code classification recovered sum of Seventy-Two Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-Three Thousand, Three Hundred and Seven Naira, Nine Kobo (₦72,693,307.09).
This can be achieved by making sincere declarations, and being properly guided by the import/export prohibition lists.
It is imperative to note that the wisdom behind the government’s protectionist policy is to protect the national economy and safeguard its citizens’ lives and property.
Also smuggled bales of used clothes expose its users to fungal diseases and other skin diseases like scabies.
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