Customs Seals Warehouses of Rice Importers
Nigeria
Customs Service has commenced the sealing up of warehouses of four (4)
defaulting Rice Importers.
The action
is intended to give a bite to several letters of warming and ultimatum to the
beneficiaries of rice import quota policy who imported in excess of their
approved quotas.
The affected
importers are: Olam, Stallion/ Popular Foods/Masco Agro, Ebony Agro And
Conti Agro (Milan)
The
defaulting rice importers have refused to pay their total debt profile of
N23,603,479,402.44 (Twenty Three Billion, Six Hundred and Three Million, Four
Hundred and Seventy Nine Thousand, Four Hundred and Two Naira, Forty Four kobo.)
In addition
to the sealing up of their warehouses, the importers and their sister or
associated Companies have been blocked from the Customs NICIS system meaning
they will not be able to make further declaration and or not be allowed to
discharge.
To ensure
that every amount owed Federal Government is recovered, a full scale legal
action will be instituted against them.
Nigeria
Customs Service wishes to assure the Public that it is not averse to
concessions that help to engineer economic growth but will not relent on its
role of holding beneficiaries accountable to their obligations.
For the
avoidance of doubt, Genuine Importers are hereby advised not to exercise any
fear as NCS action is only about enforcing payments that are legitimately due
to the Federal Government of Nigeria.
SIGNED
Joseph Attah
Deputy Public Relations Officer
For: Comptroller-General of Customs
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