National Association of Government Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) on Sunday decried the high tariff imposed on importers by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
The chairman of NAGAFF, Segun Musa, spoke with aviation correspondents at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, appealing to the Federal Government to review the policy, as it was having an
adverse effect on Nigerians involved in importation business.
According to Musa, the policy has forced many importers out of business while others have relocated out of the country in the last few months.
He called on the Federal Government to engage the private sector and stakeholders in policy formulation in order to get things right, saying the demise of some major industries in the country was
caused by insecurity and lack of infrastructure and not due to importation businesses.
The NAGAFF chairman also advised the government to properly monitor the activities of customs officials toward blocking revenue leakages.
“The revenue leakage is more than the revenue collected in Nigeria, the tariff on imports are so high and that has taken a lot of businesses out Nigeria,” he said.
