… vows to challenge any NCS Command attempting extortion of members
The Association of Nigeria Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has said it will vigorously pursue the issue of the 15 per cent National Automotive Council (NAC) turned import levy with the National Assembly (NASS).
This is just as it has promised to challenge any Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) using the office of monitoring to extort money for the members.
Acting National President of the Association, Dr. Kayode Farito, made these disclosures in its recent Workers Day message to members.
He said that ANLCA will engage the NASS on the need for them to know that this government is not sensitive to the plight of the masses by introducing levy at this period when the economy is in comatose.
Farinto assured that the Federal Ministry of Finance is dragged before the people’s representatives on this matter.
He promised that this would be the Council for Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) governing council’s first issue to be raised at the plenary which needs urgent national attention, disclosing that “all our efforts to eliminate NAC turn levy is being done in collaboration with the motor dealers association.”
Farinto used the medium to charge ANLCA members to monitor the implementation of the VIN Valuation by the Nigeria Customs Service NCS billed to start this month.
“We need to monitor this because people that will not want the process to be successful may introduce things outside our agreement into the procedures.
“I have released the agreed procedures on clearance of Standard Chassis Vehicles that fall within VIN valuation and Non Standard chassis vehicles, salvage and accidented vehicles a few days ago,” he said.
He lamented on the challenges posed by NCS in the freight forwarding business, saying, “we need to allow this new changes going by all we go through in the hands of customs various units to clear vehicles in the ports.
“Even when you take your valuation, many alerts are put on our declarations and it takes the grace of God and difficult conditions to get them out of the ports.
“As if to say that is not enough, you need to know the numbers of calls we receive from our members delivering these vehicles within and outside Lagos environment. Many customs units will say, your values are compromised, it must be jacked up and many of us are at their mercy pleading that DN should not be issued on already exited vehicles.
“This and many more things are what we believe the VIN valuation will eliminate. Many agents have been given forged and mutilated valuation papers by the third parties and are left to suffer the consequences of whatever happens.
“We do not need all these to get our vehicles released and we promise to challenge any command that may want to use the office of monitoring to extort money from our members when this new process commences.”
Concerned with the challenge of policy somersault in government of the country, the Acting National President of ANLCA called members of the association to deliver 5,000,000,000 votes to any presidential aspirant that would give attention to assisting the freight forwarding profession.
His words: “Finally, the inconsistency in government policies is an eye opener and we will enjoin our members to give the over 5,000,000 votes in the industry, their support and endorsements come 2023 to a presidential candidate that will be explicit on how to assist the freight forwarding profession viz a viz implementation of peoples welfare policies.
“We won’t allow anyone to fool us like this outgoing government is doing. We are gradually losing our profession to foreign domination courtesy of a lack of law that will protect indigenous practitioners.
“We must, however, come together to achieve greatness. An injury to one should be an injury to all.”