ABUJA: The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents, (NCMDLCA) has faulted the current cargo inspection processes, which it believed caused a rise in influx of offensive imports like arms and ammunitions. In a petition to the Presidency, the group’s President, Mr. Lucky Amiwero, said that of the present inspection process contravenes the global Multi- Layered Security protocol of the World Trade Organization (WTO) safe framework that was adopted by World Customs Organization (WCO). Amiwero said that the process of inspection of imported goods in the country encourages the influx of arms, ammunitions, drugs, counterfeit goods, hazardous waste and human trafficking.
In the letter dated February 14, 2017, Amiwero said that there was a need to reverse this trend, recommending implementation of the multi layered security protocol of WCO framework of standard to secure and facilitate global trade on import and export. He said “we have noticed serious defects and security threats in the Destination Inspection (DI) regime that encourages the influx of arms, ammunition and unwholesome product in the country due to the process that allows inspection in the country, without the application of the supply chain security mechanism adopted globally to secure the domestic environment. “WCO resolution reflects the need to pursue measures that internationally improve the supply chain security on the basic concept on container security, which set up new set of protocols on cargo security called the WCO Safe Framework of Standard.’’
