NSCDC DEPLOYS 4,000 PERSONNEL IN FCT FOR YULETIDE SECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 NSCDC Deploys 4,000 Personnel in FCT for Yuletide Security The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) FCT Command has assured residents of robust security throughout the Christmas and New Year festivities. Commandant Olusola Odumosu announced that 4,000 personnel have been deployed across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its surrounding areas to ensure public safety and protect Critical National Assets and Infrastructure. The personnel, drawn from various specialized units including the Special Intervention Squad, Counter Terrorism Unit, Arm Squad, Agro Rangers, and others, will work to maintain peace and order during the festive season. In a statement issued on Thursday, signed by command spokesperson Monica Ojobi, Odumosu called for strict adherence to the operation order and emphasized the importance of securing key locations such as infrastructure, worship centers, markets, and recreational areas. He warned that anyone attempting to exploit the holiday period ...

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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