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| Customs boss, Dikko |
An electronic system that is meant to
facilitate easier clearance of cargoes at the nation’s seaports is currently
giving agents headache, Comfort Oseghale writes.
This is not the best of times for Mike Okorie, a
licensed customs agent. The licence of his agency, Chimbudike Nigeria Limited,
was three months ago blocked by the Tincan Customs Command on the excuse that
the company allegedly cleared a consignment and failed to pay the duty
amounting to N16,278,679. Okorie has since been in a dilemma over how to prove
his innocence that his agency was never involved in such a transaction.
Although he had written a petition to the Tincan
Customs Command, attaching documents to show that another agency had done the
clearing, he claims he has yet to get any form of reprieve.
