• Cars without duty will be seized from April 13
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria
Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd), has approved a
grace period of one month for owners of all vehicles in the country
whose customs duties have not been paid, to do so.
The grace period is between Monday, March 13 and Wednesday, April 12, 2017, the NCS said in a statement.
The service advised all motor dealers and private owners of such vehicles to visit the nearest Customs zonal office to pay the appropriate duty on them.
The service advised all motor dealers and private owners of such vehicles to visit the nearest Customs zonal office to pay the appropriate duty on them.
The statement signed by the acting
Public Relations Officer, Mr. Joseph Attah, said the four zonal offices
of the Nigeria Customs Service are: Zone A Headquarters, No. 1 Harvey
Road, Yaba, Lagos; Zone B Headquarters, Kabala Doki, Kaduna; Zone C
Headquarters, Nigeria Ports Authority, Port Harcourt; and Zone D
Headquarters, Yelwa Tudu Road, Bauchi State.
“The CGC therefore calls on all persons
in possession of such vehicles to take advantage of the grace period to
pay appropriate duties on them, as there will be an aggressive
anti-smuggling operation to seize, as well as prosecute owners of such
smuggled vehicles after the deadline of Wednesday 12th April, 2017.
“For the avoidance of doubt, all private
car owners who are not sure of the authenticity of their vehicles’
customs documents can also approach the zonal offices to verify their
status with a view to complying with the provision of the law,” the
statement concluded.
Source: ThisDay
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