Customs seals 4 warehouses of rice importers
(Nigeria) Nigeria Customs Service has commenced the sealing
up of warehouses of four defaulting rice importers.
In a statement by Joseph
Attah, Deputy Public Relations Officer for Comptroller-General of Customs, he
said “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 N23.603billion.
“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.”
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