ABDULLAHI DIKKO INDE

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MR ABDULLAHI DIKKO INDE  IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF CUSTOMS AND WE THINK IT IS HIGH TIME HE IS SENT PACKING FOR GROSS MISCONDUCT AMONGST OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NIGERIAN CUSTOMS SERVICES,INHUMANE POLICIES ETC.

MANY OF HIS POLICIES ARE SERIOUSLY HURTING CLEARING AGENTS AND IMPORTERS ALIKE.

WE BELIEVE HE SHOULD BE SENT PACKING FOR SO MANY ISSUES LIKE :-

1. MULTIPLE CHECK-POINTS ALONG BORDER ROUTES - BETWEEN SEME AND AGBARA OR IDIROKO TO SANGO OTTA,WE HAVE ALMOST TEN TO TWELVE CHECK-POINTS ALONG THE ROUTES,ALL OFFICERS AND MEN ARE JUST THERE DOING NOTHING.

2. HIGH HANDEDNESS OF NCS PERSONNEL - IT NOWS SEEMS MOST OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NCS HAVE NOW MADE IT A NORMAL THING TO STAY ON THE ROADS TO VICTIMISE INNOCENT IMPORTERS AND CLEARING AGENTS. HUNDREDS  OF VEHICLES ARE SMUGGLED INTO THE COUNTRY RIGHT UNDER THE NOSES OF CUSTOM OFFICERS WHO COLLECT BRIBES FROM THEM WHILE INNOCENT AGENTS AND IMPORTERS ARE ALWAYS VICTIMISED ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SEME ROUTE.
ALL THEY DO ALL DAY US SIT DOWN AND DEMAND FOR BRIBES AGENTS AND IMPORTERS,THESE PEOPLE ARE EVEN THREATENED AND THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES TO SMUGGLED VEHICLES.

3.CUSTOM DUTY - UNDER DIKKO'S WATCH,CUSTOM DUTY HAS BEEN INCREASED AND IS ALSO ABOUT TO BE INCREASED AGAIN AND IT WILL ONLY ADD MORE TO THE BURDEN OF IMPORTERS AND AGENTS. WITH ALL THE INCREMENTS,WE ARE YET TO SEE THE CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.

SOME BORDERS IN THE NORTH ESPECIALLY ILORIN EVEN PAY LESS THAN WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS STIPULATED YET THESE CARS ARE ALLOWED INTO NIGERIA WHILE THOSE WITH DUTIES FROM SEME,IDIROKO OR TINCAN ARE HOUNDED ON THE ROAD BY NCS PERSONNEL.


4.CORRUPTION - UNDER HIS WATCH,THE NCS HAS GROWN SO CORRUPT THAT ALL THE OFFICERS AND MEN THINK ABOUT IS HOW TO BECOME MILLIONAIRES OVERNIGHT. THE COST OF DUTY PROCESSING KEEPS RISING JUST BECAUSE EVERY OFFICER WANTS TO CHARGE MONEY FOR EVERY BIT OF PAPER THAT COMES TO HIS/HER DESK AND THESE CHARGES DOESN'T HELP AGENTS AND DEALERS ALIKE.

THESE AND MANY MORE ISSUES ARE FACTORS MILITATING AGAINST MR ABDULLAHI DIKKO INDE  AND SINCERELY I WANT PMB TO SACK HIM SO THAT SANITY CAN RETURN BACK TO OUR PORTS AND BORDERS.


PLEASE SUPPORT THE HASHTAG , #abdullahidikkoindemustgo. WE MUST PUSH THE GOVERNMENT'S HAND IF THEY REFUSE TO DO IT,WE ARE TIRED OF HIS POLICIES AND REIGN IN NCS.

THANKS.

saintjoel:


2. HIGH HANDEDNESS OF NCS PERSONNEL - IT NOWS SEEMS MOST OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NCS HAVE NOW MADE IT A NORMAL THING TO STAY ON THE ROADS TO VICTIMISE INNOCENT IMPORTERS AND CLEARING AGENTS. HUNDREDS  OF VEHICLES ARE SMUGGLED INTO THE COUNTRY RIGHT UNDER THE NOSES OF CUSTOM OFFICERS WHO COLLECT BRIBES FROM THEM WHILE INNOCENT AGENTS AND IMPORTERS ARE ALWAYS VICTIMISED ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SEME ROUTE.
ALL THEY DO ALL DAY US SIT DOWN AND DEMAND FOR BRIBES AGENTS AND IMPORTERS,THESE PEOPLE ARE EVEN THREATENED AND THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES TO SMUGGLED VEHICLES.

Are you saying even though we pay the official duty rates, and collect original documents, we can still be victimized by these custom officicals

THE OFFICERS STILL DISTURB US AND AGENTS CAN TESTIFY TO THIS COS THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS CORRUPT.

THE STRUGGLE STARTS FROM WHEN THE AGENTS WANT TO OBTAIN VALUES FROM VALUATION,LET ME USE A 2003 FORD EXPLORER PICKUP AS A EXAMPLE.

BEFORE WE USED TO OBTAIN $1,400 (N124,110)AS VALUE AND WE USED TO CHARGE OUR CUSTOMERS ACCORDINGLY,ONLY FOR US TO DISCOVER THAT BANK CHARGES HAS BEEN INCREASED TO $1,600 (N141,840).THE MAJOR THING ABOUT THIS VALUE ISSUE IS THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY AS LOW AS N10,000 TO AS HIGH AS N50;000 TO OBTAIN THESE VALUES FROM VALUATION. NOW,IF I HAVE CHARGED MY CUSTOMERS ACCORDING TO $1,400,HOW DO I TELL HIM/HER THAT THE VALUE HAS INCREASED AND MORE CASH IS NEEDED?

YOU'LL STILL HAVE TO STRUGGLE WITH CIU,ASSYCUDA ETC AND ALL THOSE ONES TOO CHARGE YOU AS IF THEY ARE NOT BEEN PAID AT THE END OF THE MONTH. WHEN YOU NOW TRY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLES OUT OF THE BORDER,THERE ARE SO MANY OFFICERS AND MEN WHO WILL STILL DEMAND THAT YOU STILL PAY MONEY AND IF YOU ARGUE THAT YOU HAVE PAID ACCORDING TO THE VALUE THEY'VE GIVEN YOU,THEY EITHER TURN THE CAR BACK TO THEIR OFFICE OR MAKE SURE YOU SETTLE THEM WITH THE CLAIMS THAT THE VALUATION OFFICE WAS WRONG WITH THEIR CALCULATIONS. THE SAME OFFICERS WILL SMILE AND WAVE AT VEHICLES THAT HAVE PAID LOWER THAN THE STIPULATED BANK PAYMENTS JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SETTLED AND HARASS THOSE WHO HAVE PAID THE RIGHT CHARGES. THESE SAME OFFICERS WILL STILL WAYLAY VEHICLES WITH SHORT PAYMENT OR SMUGGLED ON THE EXPRESS AND THE QUESTIONS YOU WILL KEEP ASKING IS "HOW DID THEY GET INTO NIGERIA?".

RIGHT NOW I CHARGED N300,000 FOR A 2009/010 CAMRY A LADY IS ABOUT TO BRING INTO NIGERIA AND SHE REFUSED TO GIVE THE JOB TO ME JUST BECAUSE ANOTHER AGENT TOLD HER IT WILL COST HER N240,000,I WONDER HOW THE AGENT WILL GO ABOUT IT WHEN THE LEAST BANK CHARGE ON THAT CAR IS AROUND N200,000 - N220,000 AND AT THE END OF IT ALL,THESE AGENT WILL STILL SMUGGLE THE CAR RIGHT UNDER THE NOSES OF NCS PERSONNEL AND THE LADY WILL BELIEVE SHE GOT THE BEST BARGAIN,NOT KNOWING THAT AGENT MUST HAVE SHORTPAID THE GOVERNMENT OR SMUGGLED THE CAR.

THESE ARE DAILY STRUGGLES AGENTS GO THROUGH EVERYDAY JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND AT THE END,CUSTOMERS BELIEVE WE ARE MAKING MONEY OUT THEM,THEY DON'T KNOW THAT NCS PERSONNEL ARE FLEECING IMPORTERS AND AGENTS AND ARE SMILING TO THEIR BANKS 

WE NEED SANITY IN NCS AND A CHANGE IN THE HELMS OF AFFAIRS IS WHAT WE NEED.