The Comptroller-General of Customs,Mr Abdullahi Inde Dikko appears to be in trouble as a group has written a petition to the\u00a0 Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission(ICPC) asking the commission to probe Dikko\u2019s alleged deals.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0 group, Nigerian Customs Transparency Initiative (NCTI) is seeking a thorough probe into several\u00a0 serious allegations including an alleged expenditure of\u00a0 N3.5billion on internet facility\u00a0 under Dikko\u2019s watch<\/p>\n
\nDr. James Onoja who signed the\u00a0 petition on behalf of the group\u00a0 also asked the ICPC to beam its searchlight into several other alleged questionable\u00a0 issues and deals by the CG of Customs .Some of the alleged misdeeds include contravention of the Public Service Rule 070318, manipulation of promotions, high-handedness, inflation of purchase of BMW cars for senior officials.<\/p>\n
Part of the petition reads: \u201cThe Customs Board was kept in the dark as promotions were manipulated and Customs Officials were selectively\u00a0 elevate d. Bootlickers, favourites and stooges were elevated to juicy and sumptuous positions and postings to Lagos and Port-Harcourt ports.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeritocracy was slaughtered on the altar of mediocrity. His reckless abuse of office with unmitigated religious and ethnic bias<\/p>\n
\u201cPurchase of vehicles: Prices of B.M.W vehicles for senior officers were criminally inflated.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout N3.5 billion\u00a0 was siphoned and frittered away into his pocket through an internet project that never saw daylight.<\/p>\n
\u201cThirteen containers at T.C.I.P. were impounded sometime ago. It was claimed that four Iranians were arrested with the containers two of which disappeared into the thin air \u201d<\/p>\n
In particular, the group urged ICPC to take a critical look at the revenue profile of the Customs service .According to the group \u201cThere is false declaration of Annual Customs Revenue Generation. In order to give false impression of excellent performance, the Customs Service adds figure of the Value Added Tax (VAT) which Customs collects on behalf of Federal inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to the revenue derived from custom duties whereas the same VAT figure has been included in the VAT revenue declared and announced by FIRS as required by law, thereby creating a misleading duplication of revenue figure derived from VAT.<\/p>\n
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