Seized goods: auction via electronic platforms- Custom

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Seized goods: auction via electronic platforms- Custom

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Plans are on by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to begin the use of electronic platforms to conduct its auctions as part of measures to ensure transparency in the sale of seized goods.The NCS Spokesperson, Mr Joseph Attah, revealed this to news men in Abuja. He also mentioned that the platform was presently undergoing user acceptability test.“What that means is that in the very near future, in a matter of weeks, the NCS will officially deploy its trade portal.“So the auction excises will be electronically driven. So when we say e-auction platform, we mean a platform in our trade portal that gives an opportunity to all interested people to see what they want with the full description of its present state.“That shows the condition a particular thing is and allows people to bid. Eventually, the victory goes to the highest bidder at the end of the bidding process’’, he expounded.The Spokesman said the manual process of auctioning discouraged competition in the selection of beneficiaries and was opened to abuse.He revealed that Col. Hameed Ali had, the CSS boss, had to suspend the auctioning of goods to strengthen the process and provide equal opportunity for anyone interested.An authentic Tax Identification Number (TIN) from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), a copy of a recent passport photograph, and a N1, 000 non-refundable administrative fee, he said, were requirements for participation.“Before this is officially deployed we considered it necessary to adequately sanitise members of the public so as to get whatever they need to get before its deployment.“What they need to get ready most importantly now, is the Tax Identification Number (TIN). In other words, if you want to be part of this e-auction exercise, you have to approach the FIRS and get your TIN. It is open to all”, Attah said.

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