The
Nigeria Customs has denied it gave the authorization for the clearance
of over 2 million fake tyres imported by two Chinese nationals.
The two Chinese nationals arrested for importing more than 2 million fake tyres into the country
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday said products
standards control is the responsibility of Standards Organisation of
Nigeria (SON), not the NCS.
The Acting Public Relations Officer, NCS, Mr Joseph Attah, made the clarification while reacting to the recent seizure of substandard tyres by SON in Lagos.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the function
of customs was to collect duty and ensure that contraband did not enter
the country.
Two Chinese men were caught for allegedly importing the substandard tyres worth over N5 billion in Lagos.
He said the organisation’s duty was not to determine quality but only to collect duty.
According to him, once an importer gets a clearance document,
certifying an item okay by SON, customs would only collect duty and
release such item.
“People who sometime ask question, need to know the function of
customs and the function of other regulatory agencies. Before our men
clear an item, a personnel of SON will be present to certify it okay.
“If the personnel out of negligence or did not carry out his
duty properly and signed that the item is okay and cleared it, customs
will collect duty and release such item because of SON clearance
document.
“The issue of standard is in the hands of SON, customs only to collects duty so far that is not contraband.
“We are not in a position to determine quality, the job of
determining quality is in the hand of SON and if it is a food item, the
job of determining whether it is fit for human consumption is NAFDAC.
“So in this kind of situation, it is only when you trance the
clearing document, you will know whether a personnel of SON is involved
or not.
“There is no way customs will release containers of such tyres without a clearance certificate by the SON,’’ Attah said.
He said that during every examination of an item, if any importer
got a clearance document signed by SON certifying such item okay and
attached it to that of customs document, such item would be released
after duty payment.
Attah cited an instance that if Garri was not prohibited and NAFDAC
official signed an examination paper certifying it okay, once customs
officials got evidence that NAFDAC had cleared it, duty would be
collected and the wares released.
It was recalled that SON arrested two Chinese nationals, who were said to have imported substandard tyres.
-NAN
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