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The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday, said that the Federal Ministry of Finance granted a waiver of N10.1 million to Coscharis Motors for the purchase of the two BMW cars by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
According to the NCS, the waiver was for the importation of 300 vehicles, including the controversial two BMW cars.
Representative of the Comptroller-General of the NCS, Mr Manasseh Jatau, a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, disclosed this in his presentation at the public hearing of the case on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the point of entry of the cars was Tincan Port in Lagos, adding that no import duty was collected from the owner of the goods (Coscharis Motors) as a one-year duty waiver for 300 cars was granted in the name of the company for importation of cars for Eko 2012 Games in Lagos.
Jatau said the exemption on the two BMW cars along with 298 others was at the expense of the Lagos State Government, who would have been the beneficiaries of the payment.
Duly signed documents presented to the committee by the NCS showed that the Import Duty, VAT, ETLS, CISS and Port Charges Waiver Certificate was issued by the Ministry of Finance on November 20, 2012.
Jatau also disclosed that contrary to earlier reports the Office of the National Security Adviser duly issued an approval for the purchase of the armored cars.
He said a signed copy of a pre-shipment inspection end-user certificate issued by the NSA on June 6, 2013, showed that due approval was gotten from the office for Coscharis Motors to import three armored cars valued at 223,653.48 dollars into Nigeria for commercial purposes.
The document, identified as "Form A’’, had the stamp of the Office of the National Security Adviser appended on it.
During the public hearing, members of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation accused Coscharis Motors of over inflating the cost of the cars and deceiving the public and the government by saying that the cars were bought for NCAA when actually they were purchased on behalf of the Lagos State Government.
Coscharis was also accused of supplying different make and types of vehicles other than those mentioned. (NAN)
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According to the NCS, the waiver was for the importation of 300 vehicles, including the controversial two BMW cars.
Representative of the Comptroller-General of the NCS, Mr Manasseh Jatau, a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, disclosed this in his presentation at the public hearing of the case on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the point of entry of the cars was Tincan Port in Lagos, adding that no import duty was collected from the owner of the goods (Coscharis Motors) as a one-year duty waiver for 300 cars was granted in the name of the company for importation of cars for Eko 2012 Games in Lagos.
Jatau said the exemption on the two BMW cars along with 298 others was at the expense of the Lagos State Government, who would have been the beneficiaries of the payment.
Duly signed documents presented to the committee by the NCS showed that the Import Duty, VAT, ETLS, CISS and Port Charges Waiver Certificate was issued by the Ministry of Finance on November 20, 2012.
Jatau also disclosed that contrary to earlier reports the Office of the National Security Adviser duly issued an approval for the purchase of the armored cars.
He said a signed copy of a pre-shipment inspection end-user certificate issued by the NSA on June 6, 2013, showed that due approval was gotten from the office for Coscharis Motors to import three armored cars valued at 223,653.48 dollars into Nigeria for commercial purposes.
The document, identified as "Form A’’, had the stamp of the Office of the National Security Adviser appended on it.
During the public hearing, members of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation accused Coscharis Motors of over inflating the cost of the cars and deceiving the public and the government by saying that the cars were bought for NCAA when actually they were purchased on behalf of the Lagos State Government.
Coscharis was also accused of supplying different make and types of vehicles other than those mentioned. (NAN)
#stellaoduah
