Nigerian Customs personnel

The Customs Zonal Coordinator Zone `A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Assistant Comptroller-General Eporwei Edike, said on Friday that the service had included other government agencies in its auctions.

Edike stated this in Lagos as maritime activities closed on Friday.

The zonal coordinator said that the service took the measure to reform the auction exercise and make it more transparent.

He said that the Comptroller-General of Customs, Retired Col. Hameed Ali, had established a committee that would oversee the auction proceeding.

“The auction operation will no longer be the affairs of Operation and Enforcement unit of the service alone because the Customs boss had included many regulatory agencies in the exercise.

“Those agencies include: the National Assembly, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).

“Also included are the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Importers’ Association and so on,’’ Edike said.