Abuja
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has so far generated more than N285 million through its ongoing 20th e-auction.
Already, 706 winners have emerged from the e-auction.
The Customs Public Relations Officer. Mr. Joseph Attah, who disclosed this in Abuja, explained that out of 5,454 persons that registered for the exercise, more than 4,865 placed bids.
“So far, 706 vehicles have been won with N285.253, million generated as revenue for the Federal Government,’’ Attah said.
He said the Comptroller-General of NCS, retired Col. Hameed Ali, launched the e-auction platform on July, 3, 2017, to ensure transparency and integrity.
Attah explained that the introduction of the e-auction process was based on the need to eliminate abuses associated with the manual process.
“This is to ensure maximum revenue from the process, while still providing equal opportunities to all interested Nigerians to log on to the e-auction portal and bid for any items they wish.’’
The NCS spokesman said that the portal was opened to all interested persons to bid between 12 p.m on Mondays to 12 p.m on Wednesdays every week.
According to him, the management and disposal of seized or overtime items by NCS are done strictly in line with extant laws.
“The NCS will continue to be careful in handling goods at its warehouses so as not to be dragged into unnecessary litigations by claimants as a result of illegal disposal,” said Attah.
