Customs begins evacuation of 98 abandoned power equipment containers.
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By Efe Onodjae The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has commenced the evacuation of 98 containers of electricity transmission equipment abandoned at Nigerian ports for between 14 and 20 years.
The first batch of 44 containers was released on Friday at ENL Consortium Terminal, Apapa Port, Lagos, by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, and the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe.
The exercise followed a presidential directive to recover the stranded equipment and accelerate the rehabilitation of the country’s electricity transmission network. The consignments, imported for government-backed projects through the Federal Ministry of Power, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Niger Delta Power Holding Company, include transformers, electrical cables, switchgears and other transmission materials. Speaking at the event, Adeniyi said the release followed President Bola Tinubu’s directive after the Minister of Power presented the matter to the Federal Executive Council. He said Customs had introduced priority processing, dedicated examination officers and approved waivers on relevant charges to facilitate the evacuation.
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