ANAMBRA GOVT APPREHENDS 8 SUSPECTS FOR EXTORTING MORE THAN N800, 000 FROM WOMEN IN AWKA. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Anambra State Government Apprehends 8 Suspects For Extorting More Than 800,000 Thousand Naira From Women In Awka  By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu  Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has arrested eight suspects for allegedly extorting more than Eight Hundred Thousand Naira from women in Awka.  The arrest was part of state government's resolve in eradicating crimes and corruption in the state.  The exercise came following the directive of the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo of an NGO using government's name to extort the sum of twenty thousand naira and above from unsuspecting individuals mostly women in Awka.  When the Women and Social Welfare Commissioner bursted the office complex of the Host Communities of Nigeria Anambra State Chapter located opposite government house Awka, it was discovered that the suspects were operating with the United Bank of Africa staff in opening a current account for the women who must pay

NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE TO BEGIN AUTOMATIC CLEARING TRANSFER.{PHOTOS}.

The Chairman, House Committee on Customs and Excise, Honourable Leke Abijide, has asked lawmakers to engage their constituents on the need to stop car smuggling in Nigeria. 


Honourable Abejide was speaking during an interface with the Nigeria Customs Service on Trade and Tariff, about the time and amount expended on Customs clearance and transfer of imported goods.


The House Committee Chairman,  implored the Comptroller General of Customs to give  Nigerians especially Ministries that may have erred by buying their vehicles through smuggling three months to pay their duties and regularise their papers or go to jail.


He said the essence of the interface, is to facilitate trade and the ease of doing business in Nigeria and asked the ministry of finance to provide scanners for automation of the Customs Service.


Another member of the House Committee, Honourable Ibrahim Mohammed,  had stressed the need for decongestion of the ports which according to him, can be facilitated through limiting the number of stops to three instead of six.


He said though the Customs Service has done a lot in revenue generation, there is a dire need for them to do more to ease the suffering of importers.


Earlier, Assistant Comptroller General, Trade and Tariff, ACG Aliyu Seidu, had accused Ministries,  Departments and Agencies of government of aiding smuggling of vehicles and asked the law makers to assist them fight the menace which is militating against their efforts.


He warned that presently, the Customs law says, such cars will be seized and their owners jailed.


ACG Seidu, emphasized that though the Customs Service has embarked on e-project that will enable Nigerians clear their goods from any part of the country, it however, does not mean leaving the system unchecked.

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