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THE Federal Government has urged shipping lines and the Manufactur­ers Association of Nigeria (MAN) to embrace the International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) policy, as it would not be dissuaded by the cam­paign of calumny against it.

A top government source, who spoke with Daily Sun on the mat­ter said the sustained attacks were coming from those benefiting from the loopholes in the clearing pro­cess who have realised that there is no more room to rob government of its revenue.

“Despite the economic and secu­rity benefits, few people and organ­isations have been spreading false information on the scheme. Well, it is understandable. Most of those crying foul are those who have lit­erally fixed their umbilical cords in the hitherto non-transparent port clearance procedures, milking the nation dry. Where there is no or­derliness, transparency takes flight. Now that such unpatriotic act is about to stop, they have launched a campaign of calumny against it. That is to be expected. But ICTN enthrones transparency. Govern­ment would no longer lose billions annually. CBN, Customs and other stakeholders are partnering with us. The mantra of change from shady deals to transparent transaction cannot be compromised. The Ship­pers’ Council made a presentation at the Ministry and the Transport Minister saw the sense in ICTN. It has come to stay,” the source said.

Meanwhile, the Director, Com­mercial Shipping Services of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mrs. Dabney Shall-Holma, in a recent interview with newsmen, explained that the charges as pub­lished by some manufacturers as additional cost on imports and ex­ports have nothing to do with the shippers or importers but the ship­ping lines.

According to her, it was wrong to say that the ICTN will attract additional cost to shippers that are importing or exporting goods at the moment, adding that, “rather, the ICTN comes from payments that are already payable per consign­ment.”

Shall-Holma explained: “The charges as published was a notice to guide shipping companies, lines and agencies in their preparation of their Movement Reference Num­ber (MRN), which is the document they are supposed to prepare after the Entry Summary Number (ENS) has been filled in by the shipper. The ENS is completed by the ship­per and it is at no cost, which means the shipper does not pay anything.

“However, the intendment of the cargo tracking note right from when it was established in 1998 in Libreville, Gabon, was to get the major components that make up freight as well as surcharges to the West and Central African sub-region. You will notice that there is a huge outflow of trade from West and Central African sub-region on account of freight.

It is not in the basic freight but in freight additionals, in the bunker adjustment factor, currency adjust­ment factor that is never altered, and in the various surcharges, whether they are war risk or freight taxation or emergency recovery surcharges. So there are so many surcharges. And it is this retinue of charges that we have said that for those of them that are freight tax, these payments can come from there because there is already a taxation that is undefined.


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Bit by bit the problems of Nigeria are being solved and with time we all will feel the change we voted for
... Nothing good comes easy this I know

If the ICTN policy will instill transparency then it should be implementes. The goat and the yam must be separated in line with GEJ's Goat and Yam theory

New sheriff in transportation sector

mrvitalis:
Bit by bit the problems of Nigeria are being solved and with time we all will feel the change we voted for
... Nothing good comes easy this I know

Sure you're right bro noting good comes easy. But wait o, money dey dis con3 o

Amaechi wey no get respect for 'big men' and godfathers and no dey kuku hear word before.....

Dem no get choice but to comply....

Not even now wey we don light candle, put on torchlight dey find money

On ICTN I stand too jare

Aromas:
Sure you're right bro noting good comes easy. But wait o, money dey dis con3 o

Of course money dey the country if only the goats go allow the yams rest.

Anyway whether they like it or not, we will remove the yams from the reach of the goats. Its a sound advice from GEJ

Great decision.....

Sai Buhari

Goodluck's Goat and Yam theory being implemented.

Sai Nigeria!

Drversatile:
New sheriff in transportation sector

Yes oooo some people nightmares

This looks like the TSA of the shipping industry.
As expected those that were benefiting from the fraud in the old system wud be sponsoring paid articles and maybe soon demonstrations to sabotage the system.
Pls, who knows who introduced this system, obj, Yar'Adua, the fisherman or PMB.

doctokwus:
This looks like the TSA of the shipping industry.
As expected those that were benefiting from the fraud in the old system wud be sponsoring paid articles and maybe soon demonstrations to sabotage the system.
Pls, who knows who introduced this system, obj, Yar'Adua, the fisherman or PMB.

the one you called the fisherman introduced it. Your likes were the ones complaining then when it was introduced by him but now have changed their view due to their partisan nature.