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Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by mixta140: 11:04am On Jul 10, 2019
Custom funny ooo,wo no kw say den b thief...der thief pass person wey der carry gun.


For stubborn STD check my signature.
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by lastempero: 11:06am On Jul 10, 2019
The country with the most useless leaders,they will never make policies that will enhance the life of its Citizens.
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by bikerboy1(m): 11:06am On Jul 10, 2019
Customers officers have been sharing these cars amongst themselves.

Other people's sweat.
The consequences awaits them.

One day na for the thief
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by wink2015(m): 11:09am On Jul 10, 2019
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Thousands of seized vehicles estimated to cost about N30 billion are currently wasting away at various warehouses of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) nationwide as bidders prospect for opportunity to buy them on the e-auction platform.
The Guardian learnt that the vehicles, including exotic brands and top models, were either abandoned by importers or seized from smugglers across the borders, seaports and other locations.

Among those sighted by The Guardian are Mercedes Benz G wagon and various Mercedes Benz 4matic models, Hummer, Mercedes Benz, Range Rover Evolution, Ford Edge, Toyota Land Cruiser, Highlander, Toyota Hilux, various models of Lexus, Porsche cars and a host of other sport utility vehicles (SUVs) from Ford and Toyota brands. There were also a variety of trucks, salon cars and buses.


The seized vehicles, many of which have reportedly gone through the process of court condemnation and are awaiting auction, are detained at the border stations, seaports commands and at the Federal Operation Units (FOU) in Lagos, Owerri, Benin, Bauchi, Kaduna and Kano.

The Comptroller-General of the NCS, Hameed Ali, had introduced an e-auction platform (app.trade.gov.ng/e-auction) on July 3rd, 2017, which recorded little progress due to some glitches being experienced with the digital technology.

The last phase of the auction had only 806 vehicles uploaded on the platform, and bought by 753 bidders. It generated about N346.1 million. Another phase began late May this year, but The Guardian learnt that it did not last one month before it was shut. At present, the e-auction process has stalled, due to the banks’ e-wallet challenges.

Customs Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah, confirmed to The Guardian that the banks’ e-wallet challenges posed difficulties for bidders in making payment.

“The e-auction is active and still on. Just that bidders at a point were experiencing difficulties in making payments through the e-wallet. The CGC had a meeting with the managing directors of the affected banks who promised to sort out the challenges at their own end. Uploading will continue immediately the banks are ready,” he said.

Attah had earlier told The Guardian that some of the vehicles in their custody were due for auction, while others were still undergoing court processes.


“It’s not everything that you see there that must be auctioned. There are several conditions that are keeping some of them. There are those whose cases are still in court, and we have no right to auction them. We don’t have control over the court, and we don’t know how long the cases will take,” he stated.

When contacted, some banks, which were reluctant to comment on the issue, said the customs should sort out its problems and stop apportioning blame. The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) said the NCS should mention the specific problem for it to know how to intervene.


In its reports, the NCS said some of the vehicles were intercepted during attempts to smuggle them into Nigeria. Others were seized for being used to convey smuggled items.

The spokesman for Seaport Terminal Operators of Nigeria (STOAN), Bolaji Akinola, said over 5,000 vehicles were rotting away at the ports alone, taking over the space that could have been used for incoming goods.

“The advantage of auction is two-fold: it will make valuable space available in the port for other cargoes. The law provides that any cargo in the port, after 45 days, has become overtime cargo, and it automatically becomes government property, and in a move to free the space, government auctions them. Apart from freeing the space and reducing ports congestion, it will also help raise the much-needed government revenue.

“What is the economic sense in leaving vehicles at a particular space to rot away for years? So, we appeal to customs that whatever modality they want to use, (e-auction or manual auction), they should auction them,” Akinola stated.

The NCS has disowned the “fake officers”, saying it does not auction vehicles, rice, vegetable oil, and other items via social media or third party.

“NCS never advertised auctions on Facebook or Twitter; it has never offered jobs on social media and cannot transact any business using the personal bank account of any official. Fraudsters feast on your gullibility, greed, or desperation. You have been warned,” it stated.

https://m.guardian.ng/news/n30b-seized-vehicles-waste-away-in-customs-custody/

THIS IS HOW BAGS OF RICE DONATED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO IDPs camp people GOT RUT IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY.

Which way Nigeria ?
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by latebloomerr: 11:14am On Jul 10, 2019
sosodevf:
Its no waste, all I see is a museum with different collection of cars...
Namasi-obiri
Guy, you be ijaw?
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by opeolu202: 11:26am On Jul 10, 2019
the F is this?
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by grandstar(m): 11:28am On Jul 10, 2019
The prime problem isn't E-auction or whatever is called but the very high import duty placed on cars.

70% is too high and doff my hats to car dealers who ate still in the business. Import duty should not be more than 10% on cars.

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Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by oluwasegun007(m): 11:29am On Jul 10, 2019
Please people how can I take part in the auction..
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by sosodevf(m): 11:38am On Jul 10, 2019
latebloomerr:

Guy, you be ijaw?
Original
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by Bizibi(m): 11:40am On Jul 10, 2019
People who import these cars into the country are trying.....I detest unnecessary stress.

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Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by beresponsible(m): 12:02pm On Jul 10, 2019
Wicked people. 2moro they will all wake up and wear comptroller uniform to work.
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by urahara(m): 12:08pm On Jul 10, 2019
grandstar:
The prime problem isn't E-auction or whatever is called but the very high import duty placed on cars.

70% is too high and doff my hats to car dealers who ate still in the business. Import duty should not be more than 10% on cars.


Grandstar , do you ever wonder whether anti trade buhari wonders the implications for signing the Afcta agreement ?

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Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by piagetskinner(m): 12:10pm On Jul 10, 2019
They only auction to themselves or their friends and families


Corruption keeps skyrocketing in this country


Corrupt people should be killed actually
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by musicwriter(m): 12:11pm On Jul 10, 2019
green030:
can't they auction it out openly?

Don't believe anything they said.

That man called Hamid is one of the most corrupt animal walking on the street of Nigeria. Even the so called bank glitch is either a lie or arranged to appear so. Nigerian banks are not helping matters cause their own corruption is mountain high as well.

The same banks collects ''NEPA'' electricity bills- no glitch.
Multi choice DSTV bills- no glitch.
Immigration/passport bills- no glitch.

Many other bills- no glitch........... they even collect other Nigeria customs bills- no glitch.

You have to ask yourself; why the glitch when collecting the customs auction bills? What's so special about it?

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Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by 400billionman: 1:57pm On Jul 10, 2019
Sold 806 vehicles for N346m.

Less than N500,000 per vehicle.

Are they Keke Napep or they have depreciated ?

This government lacks managerial skills.

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Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by darqly(m): 2:59pm On Jul 10, 2019
Everything that other countries have done in the past successfully is what Nigeria struggles to do presently, isn't anyone in authority tired of this mediocrity that is prevalent? Haba!! Website, down. E-wallet, down. angry angry

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Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by lilpage14(m): 11:00pm On Jul 10, 2019
lol you are wicked grin
AwkaetitiBabe:
Auction them out. I wouldn't mind buying that red one for 100k
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Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by AlphaTaikun: 12:06pm On May 24, 2022
mmb:
Thousands of seized vehicles estimated to cost about N30 billion are currently wasting away at various warehouses of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) nationwide as bidders prospect for opportunity to buy them on the e-auction platform.
The Guardian learnt that the vehicles, including exotic brands and top models, were either abandoned by importers or seized from smugglers across the borders, seaports and other locations.

Among those sighted by The Guardian are Mercedes Benz G wagon and various Mercedes Benz 4matic models, Hummer, Mercedes Benz, Range Rover Evolution, Ford Edge, Toyota Land Cruiser, Highlander, Toyota Hilux, various models of Lexus, Porsche cars and a host of other sport utility vehicles (SUVs) from Ford and Toyota brands. There were also a variety of trucks, salon cars and buses.


The seized vehicles, many of which have reportedly gone through the process of court condemnation and are awaiting auction, are detained at the border stations, seaports commands and at the Federal Operation Units (FOU) in Lagos, Owerri, Benin, Bauchi, Kaduna and Kano.

The Comptroller-General of the NCS, Hameed Ali, had introduced an e-auction platform (app.trade.gov.ng/e-auction) on July 3rd, 2017, which recorded little progress due to some glitches being experienced with the digital technology.

The last phase of the auction had only 806 vehicles uploaded on the platform, and bought by 753 bidders. It generated about N346.1 million. Another phase began late May this year, but The Guardian learnt that it did not last one month before it was shut. At present, the e-auction process has stalled, due to the banks’ e-wallet challenges.

Customs Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah, confirmed to The Guardian that the banks’ e-wallet challenges posed difficulties for bidders in making payment.

“The e-auction is active and still on. Just that bidders at a point were experiencing difficulties in making payments through the e-wallet. The CGC had a meeting with the managing directors of the affected banks who promised to sort out the challenges at their own end. Uploading will continue immediately the banks are ready,” he said.

Attah had earlier told The Guardian that some of the vehicles in their custody were due for auction, while others were still undergoing court processes.


“It’s not everything that you see there that must be auctioned. There are several conditions that are keeping some of them. There are those whose cases are still in court, and we have no right to auction them. We don’t have control over the court, and we don’t know how long the cases will take,” he stated.

When contacted, some banks, which were reluctant to comment on the issue, said the customs should sort out its problems and stop apportioning blame. The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) said the NCS should mention the specific problem for it to know how to intervene.


In its reports, the NCS said some of the vehicles were intercepted during attempts to smuggle them into Nigeria. Others were seized for being used to convey smuggled items.

The spokesman for Seaport Terminal Operators of Nigeria (STOAN), Bolaji Akinola, said over 5,000 vehicles were rotting away at the ports alone, taking over the space that could have been used for incoming goods.

“The advantage of auction is two-fold: it will make valuable space available in the port for other cargoes. The law provides that any cargo in the port, after 45 days, has become overtime cargo, and it automatically becomes government property, and in a move to free the space, government auctions them. Apart from freeing the space and reducing ports congestion, it will also help raise the much-needed government revenue.

“What is the economic sense in leaving vehicles at a particular space to rot away for years? So, we appeal to customs that whatever modality they want to use, (e-auction or manual auction), they should auction them,” Akinola stated.

The NCS has disowned the “fake officers”, saying it does not auction vehicles, rice, vegetable oil, and other items via social media or third party.

“NCS never advertised auctions on Facebook or Twitter; it has never offered jobs on social media and cannot transact any business using the personal bank account of any official. Fraudsters feast on your gullibility, greed, or desperation. You have been warned,” it stated.

https://m.guardian.ng/news/n30b-seized-vehicles-waste-away-in-customs-custody/
Overtime cargo... Port inneficiences.
Re: N30b Seized Vehicles Waste Away In Customs Custody by oladipuposadeeq(m): 12:09pm On May 24, 2022
Auction them out. I wouldn't mind buying that red one for 100k
grin

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