The crowd of protesters at the PTML Command of the NCS, this afternoon.
Story by Dili N. Utomi
The high intensity of the afternoon sun did not deter the determined persistence of the members of the freight forwarding fraternity who gathered around the the premises of the Ports and Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigerian Customs Service this afternoon. The protesters had been there all morning and into the afternoon to protest what they termed the over 200% increase in tarriff on imported goods.
The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi who was at the Command on a routine official endeavour took time out to address the crowd of freight forwarders.
CGC Adeniyi addressing the protesters from the top of the pick up van this afternoon.
He mounted one of his official pick up vans and greeted the protesters in Yoruba and Igbo and went on to dissect the issues at hand as he had been previously briefed by his men over the cause of the protest. CGC Adeniyi decried the fact that there are more of accidented vehicles being imported now into the terminal than before and that the general activities around the Ports have dwindled.
He noted that the duties placed on goods have not changed and that the amounts the goods are bought have not changed, but that the value of our local currency has drastically reduced and that this affects the general economy. CGC Adewale advised the protesting freight forwarders that we should engage more in the processing and export of locally manufactured goods and services in order that the value of the naira can be consequencially shored up and the standard of living of the people increased.
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