COMPTROLLER Bashir Abubakar, Controller, Customs Apapa Area 1 Command, says more than 1,000 containers with different challenges are being streamlined for quick clearance by stakeholders at the Apapa Port. He said the containers had piled up due to non-compliance by importers and exporters with cargo clearance guidelines, hence the intervention of the command to decongest the port. The service is so much engaged with the advanced E-Programming under the Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System (NICIS) platform. “The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is operating Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System (NICIS I), which is an advanced stage of the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA). He assured importers and exporters of quick customs clearance in the command within 24-hours, noting that Apapa port was leading that crusade.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 08, 2019 12:22 UTC