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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said only tax payers with Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) issued Tax Identification Number (TIN) would be eligible to participate in a new auction sales of seized items.
This is part of the guidelines in a new e-auction portal to be deployed for the disposing of seized goods that have undergone the process of court condemnation.
The portal would require applicants to input their recent passport photographs with a payment of non-refundable administrative fee of N1000.

The new e-auction portal for the sales of seized items at Customs Commands across the country is expected to reduce congestion in the various government warehouses and increase revenue from the sales.
Controller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) introduced the process as a way of enhancing transparency, reducing human contacts and ensuring that only the highest bidders for any auctioned item takes it.
Aside the TIN by prospective bidders, other terms and conditions include exclusion of customs officers and their families from participating in the bidding process either directly or indirectly.
The guidelines also indicate that auctioned items cannot be replaced or funds paid refunded to the bidders. Successful bidders are expected to make payments within five working days as auctioned items whose winners fail to pay within the period would forfeit the auctioned item to the second highest bidder.
Successful bidders will be given a period of 14 days from the date of payment to remove the item bidded for or forfeit it at expiration of the period.
Any auctioned item not removed from the warehouse within 14 days from the date of payment shall revert to its pre-bidding status which makes such item open for sale again.
Winners in the auction process are also expected to pay 25% of the auction amount to the Terminal Operator with another 25% of the auction amount to the shipping line operator.
Confirming the development, Customs spokesman, Joseph Attah said Ali took time to entrench the new method that requires deploying of ICT to avoid human contact and influences. He said apart from increase of revenue for government, the online platform would ensure integrity of the process.
more at http://www.akelicious.com/2017/04/customs-to-commence-online-auction-of.html

Nice move from Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd)

Confirming the development, Customs spokesman, Joseph Attah said Ali took time to entrench the new method that requires deploying of ICT to avoid human contact and influences.

It is still the highly placed individuals that would benefit from this Auction...

eezeribe:
It is still the highly placed individuals that would benefit from this Auction...

If you don't believe in the system it will never work. Don't just sit somewhere and assume, at least make effort before u criticize.

The same system should be adopted in clearing goods at the sea port.

This is the best move Nigerian custom has made for the year. In fact since inception.

They should also adopt this method in goods clearance, and see to the reduction on importation tax especially on electronics and other items that can't be produce locally.

This process will reduce fraud in the system.

Useless wicked country. I assure you 80% of those goods seized and being auctioned were imported by SE and SS people. We all know Hausa-Fulani and Yorubaas don't import anything into this country of commercial value!

sean1000x:
Useless wicked country. I assure you 80% of those goods seized and being auctioned were imported by SE and SS people. We all know Hausa-Fulani and Yorubaas don't import anything into this country of commercial value!

Where will Afonjas get money from? They are mostly civil servants and don't have disposable income! That's why they love one Nigeria to continue to receive civil service income. Ondo state's civil servants salary budget is more than those of SE and SS! Meaning that any day the government will fail and Nigeria ceases to exist, cutting off monthly allocation from oil wealth, people in Ondo and other SW states will be unable to eat.

Me na Saraki Range rover I go bid for

Good move! Even without uniform the man dey perform.

sean1000x:
Useless wicked country. I assure you 80% of those goods seized and being auctioned were imported by SE and SS people. We all know Hausa-Fulani and Yorubaas don't import anything into this country of commercial value!

You are suffering from low self esteem. I hope u don't fall into depression soon.

Wish u a quick recovery

First question is why the seizure? What makes it fit for consumers in Nigeria? This is corruption

Is a good one.. that is if the fifth colourmist within the custom system doesn't crashed it or hijack to her members favor..

How many Nigerians are online? This is just an avenue to manipulate the sales to themselves. Lest i forget the stories on net is that most of the seized goods find thier way to the North, how true is this?

blackpanda:
If you don't believe in the system it will never work. Don't just sit somewhere and assume, at least make effort before u criticize.

Do you have Tax Identification Number(TIN)?

Good one. Everything going digitalised.

saint7000:
Where will Afonjas get money from? They are mostly civil servants and don't have disposable income! That's why they love one Nigeria to continue to receive civil service income. Ondo state's civil servants salary budget is more than those of SE and SS! Meaning that any day the government will fail and Nigeria ceases to exist, cutting off monthly allocation from oil wealth, people in Ondo and other SW states will be unable to eat.

Well, as long as it makes us have lowest poverty indices in Nigeria. As long as South West still remains the Mecca of your ancestors, we're okay with our civil servants status.

dunkem21:
Do you have Tax Identification Number(TIN)?

Yes.
Every worker paying tax must have TIN

blackpanda:
Yes.
Every worker paying tax must have TIN

Nice one from custom

But this dude say the one you know

What of unemployed people? nothing to identify that they are paying tax.Are they saying they cant apply also.

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sean1000x:
Useless wicked country. I assure you 80% of those goods seized and being auctioned were imported by SE and SS people. We all know Hausa-Fulani and Yorubaas don't import anything into this country of commercial value!

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