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The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu'azu Jaji Sambo, has identified transportation as the only catalyst for rapid national development.   The Minister stated this at the ongoing 2022 Ministerial Retreat taking place in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, State, with the theme: "Developing Capacity and Strategy to Deliver the National Development Plan (NDP) for the Transportation Sector". In his speech, the minister observed that the Transportation Sector has contributed to the socio-economic needs of Nigerians and promoted the overall sustainable development of the nation, adding that, the provision of transportation infrastructure is and will always be work in progress for any nation that desires rapid development. Sambo, further disclosed that he knows  that a lot needs to be done in the sector that the government developed the "National Development Plans (Medium-Term Development Plans 2021-2025 and a Long-Term Plan called the Nigeria Agenda 2050) which the Ministry domestica

The Federal Government has given assurances that it is working assiduously to ensure that soon, Inland waterways will be developed enough to move cargoes by barges to their ports of destination.  The Minister of Transportation, Mu'azu Jaji Sambo gave the assurance during an interview session with Journalists at the on-going 2022 Ministerial Retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.  "We want to make sure that Inland waterways transportation is developed in such a way that movement of containers and other cargoes by barges from Lagos through the intra-coastal routes to hinterlands will become the new normal". Sambo said    According to the Minister, to make that possible, it will involve clearing the waterways and fortunately, the Ministry has found a company that is ready to do that sometime in November, this year.  "We have a dream in the Ministry  to move containers from Marina in Lagos to Onitsha in Anambra State and even to Baru in Niger State and  that will entail channe

T he Honourable Minister Of Transportation, Muazu Jaji Sambo has called for harmonious working relationship among governing boards within the ministry for  uttermost respect for delegated authorities and responsibilities,  noting that a harmonious working relationship was important between the ministry and its agencies on one hand and with the legislative arm of Government on the other hand. According to the minister, this is important as provided in the Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, which every public office holder have sworn to uphold and accord all necessary respect and corporations at all times within recognized boundaries. Engr. Sambo made this remarks at the Federal Ministry of Transportation Ministerial Retreat holding in Akwa Ibom State. In his words, "A harmonious relationship brings synergy at all levels. We should ignore rivalry and always have at the back of our mind that we are all working for a collective goal which is the progress and development

The Transportation sector will be generating about 21million  full-time jobs and lift 35 Million people out of poverty by 2025. .  This was stated by the honourable minister of Transportation, Engr. Muazu Jaji Sambo at the  2022 Federal Ministry of Transport Ministerial Retreat at the Ibom Icon Hotel, Akwa-Ibom. The Minister in his speech said the transportation sector was setting the stage for achieving the government’s commitment of lifting 100 Million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.  Sambo said infrastructural gaps that exist in the sector necessitated the development of the National Development Plans; Medium-Term Development Plans 2021-2025 and a Long-Term Plan called the Nigeria Agenda 2050. "This is to invest massively in infrastructure, ensure macroeconomic stability, enhance the investment environment, improve living conditions and implement climate change mitigation. "This will generate 21 Million full-time jobs and lift 35 Million people out of poverty by 2025

The flagship of the Nigerian Customs Service, the Apapa Command,  has disclosed that it made a total of N790,630,406,980.96 as revenue between January and September, 2022. This shows an exponential improvement of N181.5 billion as against N609 billion collected in the corresponding months January -September 2021, representing a 29.8% increment. Also, the command in its anti-smuggling operations recorded 145 seizures of various items in clear breach of sections 46 and 47 of Customs and Excise Management Act, CEMA CAP C45 LFN 2004, with a duty paid value (DPV) of N12,496,672,122.00 during the period under review. The seized items include unregistered medicament such as tramadol and codeine, processed/unprocessed wood, used clothing, ladies/men’s footwear, foreign parboiled rice, tomato paste, vegetable oil and other sundry items that falls under import/export prohibition list. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) Apapa Command, Comptroller Yusuf Malanta Ibrahim stated that the seizures was

  ..   Plans acquisition of VIS to track vessels in illegal operations The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko, has disclosed that the authority generated the sum of of N259bn in nine months. Bello Koko who spoke during a Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja last week said the months were between January and September. The organisation had announced generation of N172.286 billion as at June this year. The MD also said that the authority has concluded plans to acquire the vehicle information system (VIS), which is a technology used in monitoring movement of vessels. He explained that the security device will help NPA in tracking ships engaged in illegal activities and which often switch off their Automatic identification systems (AIS) for obvious reasons. Bello Koko said that security monitoring device was important, adding that already some African countries use the system.

Th e Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Barr Emmanuel Jime, has said that the council as the ports economic regulator will monitor closely the operations of the Lekki Deep Seaport to ensure that it achieves world standard when it finally begins operation. Jime said the expectation of the council was one of quality service delivery for the benefit of shippers as the case in global ports. The Executive Secretary said this when he was speaking as a guest of the ‘The Shipper’, a TVC Continental television programme, Jime said it was the duty of ports economic regulator to ensure that the deep seaport lives up to expectations in quality services to shippers. The ES said he has no doubt that the Lekki seaport will be efficient in all areas of its operations since it will automate its services. He also said that the take-off of the seaport will go a long way in decongesting the Lagos seaport, adding that this will reduce pressure on every port in the country.

"Nigeria has become Importer, Exporter and great user of hard drugs" these were the words of  Comptroller Abubakar Umar, the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the  Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) when he was giving a breakdown of the Cannabis Sativa seized by his command recently. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Comptroller Umar said a total seized Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana) weighing about 16,663kg and estimated at a street value of N2,061,000,000; was intercepted  while on their way into the country from Ghana along the waterways. While frowning at this importation, the CAC said; “Importation like this won’t help our country’s development; We all know the harms that Cannabis Sativa pose to our youths. It is illegal to ship such contraband into Nigeria and we will continue to thwart the efforts of unscrupulous importers who derive joy in bringing in such substance into the country”. The command boss who handed over the seized cannabis to Mr.

The African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria, (APFFLON) has condemned the recent attack on Customs Operatives which claimed one live and left others with serious injuries.. The Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) Sector 3, of the Nigeria Customs Service, was ambushed by smugglers along Sinau-Kenu road in Baruten LGA of Kwara State on Friday the 21st of October, 2022. It was reported that the hoodlums shot sporadically and pelted the personnel with lethal items while on importationtransit having evacuated some abandoned thirty jerry cans of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and forty bags of rice. It was confirmed that one of the officers paid the supreme price while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries and are being treated in an undisclosed hospital. According to the press release signed by the Nigeria Customs Service Public Relations Officer, Kwara Command, Chado Zakari, the deceased, ASCI Saheed Aweda, has been buried according to Islamic ri

Director General,  (NIMASA) , Dr. Bashir   Jamoh   OFR   (right)   presenting   a souvenir to   the   Head of Delegation   of t he   J oint United States Coast Guard/Department of State   T eam, Capt. Brian   Lisko   (USCG,   Rtd )   during a visit by the USCG and US   Department of State to the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos.   The United States had commended the efforts of the Nigerian Government in the fight against piracy and criminality within her maritime domain and the Gulf of Guinea. The United States Coast Guard, USCG, through Captain Brian   Lisko   of the   US Department revealed this  while on a visit to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) headquarters in Lagos. According to a statement from the Assistant Director, Public Relations, Edward Osagie, Capt. Brian   Lisko was  on a fact finding visit to  NIMASA, he  also commended the agency for the role it played in achieving a robust regional collaboration to enhance safety in the Gulf of Guinea. He

  The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has announced the passing of one of the Comptrollers in the service in the person of  Comptroller Anthony Ayalogu, who  until his death was the Customs Comptroller in charge of the Trade Facilitation Unit of the Service.  According to a press statement signed by A.A. Maiwada on behalf of the Comptroller General of Customs, Col Ahmed Ali (Rtd),  he was in transit on an official assignment when he suddenly took ill and upon arrival at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport and lost consciousness. All efforts to revive him proved unsuccessful as he was pronounced dead at 2020 hours on Monday 17th October 2022 at 465 Nigerian Airforce Hospital Kano. He was aged 57. Comptroller Anthony Ayalogu who hailed from Onitsha North Local Government Area of Anambra state held a Bachelor's Degree in Botany from the University of Port Harcourt. He was enlisted into the Nigeria Customs Service on 24th September 1991 as cadet Assistant Superintendent. The stateme

Compt. Suleiman Bomai CAC PTML Command (NCS) The Ports Terminal  Multi services  Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS)      between the months of January to September 2022 generated  a total of N182,103,291,166.00 as revenue against the sum of  N165,021.614,645.00 generated within  the same period in 2021. This shows a revenue    appreciation of N17,379,074,244.00, which ndicates a 10 percent  increment.  According to a  statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Muhammad Yakubu, t he highest increment was recorded in July with 29.9%, followed by May 2022 with 28% rise in revenue collection. A month-on-month breakdown of the revenue collection between 2021 and 2022 showed that the Command made a total of N15,205,823,545 in January 2021 and N15,713,776,798 in January 2022, showing a 3.3% increase. In February of the previous year, the comman recorded a 20% increase after raking in N14,075,386,963 in 2022, as against N11,706,947,150 in 2021, whi

The Honourable  Minister of Transportation, Engr.  Mu'azu Jaji Sambo,  (Middle) joined other Ministers at the  State House Conference Centre, Abuja, for the 3 rd Ministerial Performance Review Retreat for Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Top Government Functionaries. The event, which was declared open by the president of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari tend to focus on "Enhancing  Security, Fight Corruption and Transform the Economy”. Pictures for the Retreat: 

 

T he Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu'azu Jaji Sambo over the weekend joined family, friends, colleagues and other well wishers at the Executive Hall, International Conference Center Abuja to celebrate Alhaji Mohammed Sarki Kalu Abba, the Senior Special Assistant to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari. Alhaji Mohammed was recently honoured with double awards of Officer of the Order of the Niger  Federal Republic of Nigeria (OON) which was conferred on him by President Mohammadu Buhari and Ordre du Merite du Niger of the Republic of Niger