By Saminu Ibrahim
The Nigeria Custom Service has presented the report of the level of implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017 -2021 to the Senate Committee on Anti Corruption.
Specifically, the Custom Service assured the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes that the new electronic auction (E-auction) will eliminate corruption in it’s activities.
Justifying the strategy, the Custom explained that the E-auction is a new world standard procedure, “a system which is in conflict with the previous manual system that was fraught with corruption”.
Briefing newsmen shortly after the session with the Committee, Acting Assistant Comptroller General in charge of Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection, Uba Garba Mohammed,said “this system does not know anybody. When you click on the system, irrespective of status, it does not recognize region or favouritism. It is only the procedure based on the system that is recognised.
Mohammed, who re-presented the Comptroller General said “any Nigerian is free to access the system and if he or she is lucky he or she will get whatever may be the nature of the goods without any human interference”.
The Acting ACG said the E-auction has eliminated corruption to the extent that even the CG cannot use his discretionary power to favour anybody, adding that the only thing the system recognises is proper procedure.
