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Viewing cable 09ABUJA1052, NIGERIA CUSTOMS BRIEFED PRIOR TO U.S. VISIT JUNE 15-19,

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09ABUJA1052 2009-06-12 12:19 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Abuja
VZCZCXYZ0001
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHUJA #1052 1631219
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 121219Z JUN 09
FM AMEMBASSY ABUJA
INFO RUEHOS/AMCONSUL LAGOS 1509
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6289
UNCLAS ABUJA 001052 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INL/AAE 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: SNAR KCRM NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA CUSTOMS BRIEFED PRIOR TO U.S. VISIT JUNE 15-19, 
2009. 
 
Ref:  Sanders-Silski-Piascik emails of April 28-29, 2009 
 
1. (U) Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Comptroller General Mr. Bernard 
Nwadialo and two Assistant Comptroller Generals of Customs visited 
Embassy Abuja on June 4, 2009 to make a courtesy call on the 
Ambassador and the Deputy Chief of Mission and to inform the Mission 
of the purpose of their upcoming trip to United States from June 
15-19, 2009. The Comptroller General (CG) and 6 members of his staff 
(NCS Delegation) will visit two busy U.S. ports in Miami and Houston 
and hold high level meetings with officials of the State Department, 
the U.S. Customs Service, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
in Washington D.C. 
 
2. (U) Nwadialo has reached out to the USG to assist his agency to 
implement effective cargo inspection methods and to help them to 
develop closer collaboration with other agencies at the ports. INL 
Abuja has been exploring ways to assist the NCS to improve port 
security and increase the interdiction of narcotics in collaboration 
with the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). 
INL/AAE and AF/W have been reviewing INL assistance to Nigeria and 
have urged the Mission in reftel to pre-brief the NCS Delegation 
coming to the U.S. and de-brief them after their visit to discuss 
possible follow-on activities. 
 
3. (U) According to the CG, the NCS is self-funded and retains 7% of 
the total revenues generated and duties collected by the 
organization. NCS does not receive any budgetary allocations from 
the Nigerian Federal Government. He added that the NCS has been 
undergoing reforms and modernization for the past 20-30 years of its 
existence in its bid to provide more efficient service to clients 
while collecting the maximum amount of duties due. The CG confirmed 
that, although the NCS is primarily tasked with revenue generation, 
he deems that enforcement is a very critical factor in improving 
trade facilitation. In fact, he noted that, because the NCS has a 
long and comprehensive list of prohibited items, he is particularly 
interested in seeing how the United States efficiently balances the 
need for strict enforcement on the importation of such items while 
facilitating trade at the same time. NCS, he explained, would like 
to establish a maximum clearance time of 72 hours for shipments at 
the ports. To accomplish this, the CG indicated that NCS has 
acquired new software that should improve clearance times and 
proceeds at the ports by implementing an E-payment system to enable 
capturing all payments. He noted that the system is not perfect and 
some fraudsters have been able to exploit some these flaws. 
 
4. (U) The CG stated that the trip to the United States will enable 
him and the NCS Delegation to better understand why the reforms they 
have adopted in the past years have not achieved the desired goal of 
port decongestion and operational effectiveness. The CG notes that 
capacity building is the NCS' most important priority currently. He 
believes that Information Communication Technology (ICT) at Nigerian 
ports and land borders must imperatively be improved along with 
Human Capital Development. To this end, NCS is investing heavily 
into building its technological infrastructure and building a 
training center to develop the skills of its employees particularly 
those in management positions. 
 
5. (U) The CG also underscored that the NCS requires technical 
assistance in procedures and enforcement at the ports. He noted the 
need to have Nigerian customs laws reviewed as they are antiquated 
and has initiated proceedings in the Senate to have such laws 
amended. The CG confirmed that the NCS also requires assistance at 
the airports for the effective inspection of cargo. Finally, he 
added that the NCS is keen on learning more about effective border 
management because Nigeria has vast borders which are quite porous 
and challenging to manage, particularly because it is difficult to 
distinguish Nigerian Nationals from others living at the borders as 
people can move freely back and forth, have the same physical 
appearance and speak the same languages. 
 
6. (U) INL concluded the meeting by briefing the NCS Delegation on 
their scheduled meetings in Washington and the tours of Miami and 
Houston ports which will be facilitated by Customs Border Patrol 
(CBP) and INL Washington. The 7 member NCS Delegation will arrive in 
D.C. on Sunday, June 14, 2009; have meetings at the State Department 
on Monday June 15; travel to Miami on the same day; tour Miami ports 
on Tuesday June 16; travel to Houston to tour the ports; depart 
Houston on Thursday June 18 for D.C.; have an out brief session with 
State Department officials; and depart June 19, 2009 for Nigeria. 
SANDERS