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Concerned with and committed to economic growth and development of Nigeria and in order to boost international trade, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi has called on Nigeria to focus on local vessel production instead of waiting for the foreign bigger vessels which are not available at the moment.
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Comptroller General Adeniyi stated this at the Annual Finance Conference organised by the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) in conjunction with the NLNG Shipping and Marine Services Limited (NSML) in Lagos.

Represented at the event by Comptroller Dera Nnadi, mni, Customs Area Controller, CAC of Tin Can Island Customs Command, the CGC said  vessel construction needed to be given necessary support in the country.

The Customs boss emphasised that vessels are sine qua none to effective and efficient international trade.

According to him, Customs introduced barge operations to ease movement of cargoes in a little way which later because a large investment in the maritime industry.

He said, “We should look inwards particularly at this time we are experiencing scares resources, Mr. President is encouraging us to look inwards and encourage home grown technology to move forward.

“We need to appreciate locally constructed vessels. We don’t need to wait until we build bigger vessels before we can exercise our expertise. We can’t wait until we have bigger forces to construct bigger vessels, we can start with smaller ones which are the lower hanging fruits,” the CGC said.

The AMJON Finance Conference is an annual event which stakeholders have endorsed as a platform for meaningful developmental discussions.