The
Pre Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR), a clearance tool introduced by
the Nigeria Customs Service in 2013 has emerged the 2015 winner of Best
e-governance project for the year. The Service also emerged Runner up in
the Best MDA Category of the year.
The
award, organized by the National Information Technology Development
Agency, in collaboration with NIHILENT was presented to the
Comptroller-General of Customs during the E-Governance and Long Service
Awards 2015 at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. It was in
recognition of the project’s overall capacity to address the needs of
stakeholders, demonstrate efficiency, and benefit the masses over a long
period of time.
The
Comptroller-General of Customs who was represented by the Assistant
Comptroller-General, ICT, Comptroller Funsho Adegoke said, “We are
delighted to have won this award and we want to assure Nigerians that we
will continue to fine tune the PAAR system and improve on it in order
to meet global standards.”
Since
its official kick off in February 2009 and eventual launch in December
2013, the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report continues to be a robust and
dynamic platform for facilitating Pre Arrival processing in line with
Nigeria Import process and global best practices recommended by WCO.
The
platform has embedded risk and intervention mechanisms, fast tracking
of compliant traders, building of a single and integrated risk
management engine and entrenching a culture of transparency,
professionalism and quality control into the system thereby further
upholding e-customs agenda and eliminating human contact.
The
PAAR system, which has generated 426,636,000 risk assessment documents
since its launch, has recorded tremendous success in enhancing revenue
profile of the Service and improved Nigeria ranking in the ease of doing
business.
The yearly award is the second in the
series organized by NITDA. In 2014, the Nigeria Customs Service emerged
winner in 2 categories: Best Web Presence and Best MDA of the year.
Signed
Wale Adeniyi
Public Relations Officer
For: Comptroller-General of Customs
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