The Nigerian Senate has summoned Comptroller General of Customs, Hamid Ali, to appear in uniform unfailingly on Wednesday, 15th of March, 2017 over the new Customs policy on retrieval of delayed duties on all automobiles.
The resolution followed a point order of moved by Senator Dino Melaye over newspaper reports that the Customs boss has defied the Senate’s directive for it to stop the proposed duty on vehicles already imported into the country.
Senators described Ali’s policies in the Customs as archaic and not in tune with modern realities.
The lawmakers also said the non-constitution of a substantive board for the Customs Service and Ali’s decision to bypass the Minister of Finance to report directly to Mr. President has led to dictatorial policies in the agency.
