Reps To Buhari: Repair Port Roads With Customs Revenue

The House of Representatives technical committee on customs and excise has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to issue an executive order to decongest the nation’s ports.

The committee made the recommendation to the federal government during a four-day oversight visit to the customs formations in Lagos which ended during the weekend.

It also recommended that the order should direct the use of part of the revenue generated by the Nigeria Customs Service to carry out repairs on the access roads leading to the ports.

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According to the committee, the nation is losing five times the amount of money that would have been generated from the ports due to bad roads and port congestion.

The committee also sought for the disbandment of the Presidential Task Force on the decongestion of traffic at the Apapa Port, saying it has outlived its usefulness since it was inaugurated about two years ago.

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