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NCS Floats Car Scheme For Personnel
The Nigeria Customs Ser
vice (NCS) has floated a car Welfare scheme for its officers and men as part of measures to motivate the workforce for greater service and productivity.
NCS’s circular with reference number NCS/ABJ/HRD/002/S.4/Vol I dated 3rd June 2014 and signed by M. Ibraham, (comptroller, Welfare) stated that only officers from the rank of Inspector of customs (IC) and Chief Superintendent of Customs (CSC) are qualified to apply and benefit from the car scheme.
Ibrahim said the type of vehicles (Hyundai, Nissan and Kia) are subject to 20% down payment and the period of payment shall be within four years (48 months), while monthly repayment is between N36,417.23 and N78,750.75 depending on the type of vehicle.
The NCS Comptroller, Welfare however said officers who are indebted to the service in any way are not qualified for the scheme, but officers from the rank of Assistant comptroller and above would benefit for any vehicle of their choice.
In another development, NCS has enlisted Ringardas Nigeria Limited on the new fast track regime for a commendable level of compliance demonstrated by the company in Nigeria’s international trade.
Comptroller-General of Customs, Dikko Inde Abdullahi, lauded the company for being a model and ambassador of best practice in the country’s international trade, adding that by this enlistment, Ringardas and her shipments would enjoy specific concessions.
The concessions include expedited processing of PAAR and release of shipments, priority of release of consignment selected on green, optionof release of consignment at owner’s premise and priority of inspection/scanning whenever physical examination or scanning is required.
Dikko said Ringardas enjoyment of the concessions will depend on her continuous compliance to best practice and subject to review mechanisms in routine system audit of imports, post clearance audit report, periodic audit by technical team and automated random sampling by the risk engine.
The customs comptroller-General said his service was committed in rewarding compliance and expressed the hope that Ringardas would continue to live up to expectations in bringing a new breath in international trade in Nigeria.
Samuel Eleonu