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FG approves audit of maritime sector

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the audit of the maritime sector to ascertain why it has not been making the desired progress.

This was contained in the statement issued by the Ministry of Transportation signed by the Director of Press and Public Affairs of the Ministry, Mrs Yetunde Sonaike.

It said that the Minister, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, made this known when a delegation of the Technical Unit on Governance and Anti-Corruption Reforms (TUGAR), paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja.

According to the Minister, the purpose of the audit was to ascertain why the nation’s seaports were not making progress in terms of timely clearance of goods, when compared with those of neighbouring countries.

He said that corruption at the ports was endemic and urged agencies directly involved in the process of inspection and clearance of goods a evolve ways of curbing corruption.

The minister expressed concern over frequency of diversion of vessels to neighbouring countries due to the bottlenecks at the nation’s ports.

The statement further noted that President Buhari has also approved a `National Single Window’ designed to ease clearance as well as tackle corruption at the seaports.

It explained that the National Single Window is an automated system which allows for instant screening and scanning of vessels which would facilitate the clearance of goods 24 hours.

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