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The  Port Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML) Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has hit a whopping sum of over #213.4b as  revenue between January and November 2022. Giving a breakdown of the revenue collection made within the period under review recently, the Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Suleiman Bomai said, that a total sum of N213,405,461,873.00 was generated between the month of January and November, 2022, compared to the amount realized under the same period of January and November, 2021, which was N205,157,478,605.00 an appreciation of N8,247,983,268.00 translating to an increase of 4%. The command helmsman who disclosed that the Command is equal to the task ahead said “I would have loved to double that figure, but the volume of trade is another thing. If the volume could have remained the way it was, I would have generated at least N1b in this Command. On the stakeholders, the CAC reintegrated on the need for constant engagement as di...

  Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) Cadet presenting a flag to the  Honourable  Minister of Transportation Engineer Muazu Jaji Sambo while the  Director General,  (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR looks on during the sent-forth ceremony for  235  beneficiaries of the programme christened NSDP phase 3, TERRA II in Lagos The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA has sent forth 235 Nigerians to India  and Greece  as batch B of the 435 young Nigerians to be trained as Licensed Deck, Engine Officers and Naval Architects under the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme, NSDP. The  Honoura ble Minister of Transportation Engineer Muazu Jaji Sambo who was the special guest of honor at  the sent-forth ceremony christened NSDP phase 3, TERRA II over the weekend in Lagos, noted that the Federal Government’s decision to continue with the project is based on the role its playing in developing capacity for the Niger...

The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted a t otal of N167,722,751.51 worth of  premium motor spirit (PMS) from January to November 2022 The Customs Area Controller of Seme, Comptroller Jibo who reiterated his officers readiness to combat any form of transborder smuggling  during the Yuletide period said the command will continually facilitate genuine trade across the Seme Badagry axis. According to a press release by the commands Public Relations Officer  Hussaini Abdullahi, the command gave a breakdown of the various PMS seizures made this year to be equivalent to 28 tanker loads of 33,000 litres each.  The release explained that the seizures made at different times were effected along the creeks and beaches around Badagry. A recent seizure with a Duty Paid Value of eight million, eight hundred and eight thousand, two hundred and eighty (N8,808,280.00) only was made in the late hours of Wednesday 8 December 2022. The release reads, “The...

R-L: Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh, OFR; Honorable Minister of Transportation, Engineer Muazu Jaji Sambo and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr Magdalene Ajani during a press conference with media stakeholders in Lagos  President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the immediate disbursement of the Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund, CVFF, to qualified Nigerians as part of the Federal Government’s commitment to grow indigenous capacity of Nigerians to own vessels as he also appoints five banks as lending institutions.   The Honorable Minister of Transportation, Engineer Mu’azu Jaji Sambo who made the announcement at a press conference over the weekend said that the Presidential approval received by the Ministry on Friday also confirmed Union, Zenith, Polaris, UBA and Jaiz Banks as the appointed Primary Lending Institutions for the disbursement of the funds.   According to a press releas...

The Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)   Dr. Bashir Jamoh (OFR)  has  disclosed that Seventy percent revenue of  NIMASA is generated from Lagos. He said this while speaking at the Senate Chambers of the University of Lagos on Saturday during the foundation laying ceremony of a 3 Storey Building donated by the agency for the  NIMASA Institute of Maritime Studies. The DG, who said he was seriously disturbed when he took over the mantle of leadership in 2020 and  looked at the maritime institutes built by NIMASA across the country and found out that non is yet to be built in Lagos where the agency generates its major revenue from and  no budget provision was made for the construction of the institute in south west.  According to him,  To correct the injustice and ensure that all the six geopolitical zones in the country benefit from the NIMASA policy of building maritime institute in each of the s...

Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Bashir Jamoh OFR (right) receiving the   'Outstanding Service to Taxation Profession' award   conferred on him by the  Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN  from Director Internal Audit NIMASA, Mrs Olamide Odusanya at the NIMASA headquarters in Lagos    Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, has received commendation for its corporate citizenship performance by the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN, having received the 'Corporate Organization Award' just as the Agency's Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh OFR, was recognized with the 2022 'Outstanding Service to Taxation Profession' award by CITN at a dinner in Lagos. NIMASA was recognized for its exemplary record of tax-compliance and corporate social initiatives including its nationwide distribution of relief materials to internally displaced persons as well as donations of...

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority Mohammed Bello Koko has again given firm assurances of the Authority’s commitment to collaborate with Stakeholders and the Nation's Security apparatus especially the military High Commands towards the protection of lives and property within Port facilities across the Nation. The managing Director, according to a release by the General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mrs.  O. Oyinlola   made this remark when he received the General Officer Commanding, 81 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Obinna Ajunwa at the NPA Corporate Headquarters in Lagos.  Engr. Koko stated that the Authority has over the years enjoyed cordial working relationship with the Nigerian Army whenever there was  need to maintain Law and Order within its corridors. He applauded the swift deployment of soldiers to the Authority’s Corporate Headquarters during the Endsars imbroglio where protesters who destroyed property be...

President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR has charged the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) to surpass the best think-tank amongst policy Institutes in the world. He made the charge during the graduation ceremony of the Senior Executive Course No 44, 2022 at NIPSS, Kuru, Plateau State. The President who was represented by the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo said he was delighted to be at the ceremony because of the historic role the national policy think-tank has played in people's lives and the potentials it has to do better for the nation. The President revealed that he was particularly impressed as the graduation loudly attests to the consistency that NIPSS stands for.  "This is an integral aspect of the dreams of the founding fathers of the Institute. It is also an assignment in which the Institute has never failed no matter the challenges, not even in the era of COVID-19.  "While i congratulate the Institute for being resilie...