The Nigeria Customs Services, NCS, has announced the inauguration of the Committee to Ease Port Congestion in Nigeria.
The NCS said this in a statement on Thursday that the inauguration of the committee would expedite the decongestion of overcrowded ports burdened with an excess of overtime cargo.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi who officially launched a committee on Disposal of Overtime Cargo said the development aroused in response to the new Customs Act’s provisions.
The Act, according to the Service empowers the NCS to dispose of containers that have exceeded their allotted time within the ports, and according to CGC Adeniyi, alleviating port congestion stands as a paramount objective for the Service.
“It’s worth noting that approximately six months ago, the new NCS Act received the former President Mohammed Buhari’s signature, ushering in substantial modifications to the previous protocols governing the disposal of overtime cargo,” the CGC stated.
According to him, the provision of the NCS Act 2023 mandated that the disposal of cargo exceeding its allotted time can now only occur through a court order.
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