THE recent workshop preceding the launching of the Abidjan-Lagos Transport and Transit Facilitation Programme in Accra, Ghana offered opportunity for the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and its Ghanaian counterpart to strengthen long standing relationship and cooperation as regards implementation of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) policies and programmes as well as other international conventions on trade facilitation.
The cordial relationship between the two customs service has witnessed a boost under the current regimes of Jacob Gyang Buba, Comptroller of Nigeria Customs Service and Commissioner Emmanuel Doku of Ghana.
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Doku, who too over from former Ghanaian Commissioner for Customs, Maj. Gen. Richardson Baiden has maintained and even improved on the relationship between the two customs.
At a dinner to mark the end of the workshop, the Ghanaian customs boss commended the relationship between Ghana and Nigeria's Customs, noting that it is worthy of emulation by other relevant government agencies.
Responding, NCS Comptroller-General, Gyang Buba, who corroborated Doku's position urged Ghanaian customs to ensure strict compliance to the provisions of the just signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on facilitation of transport and trade along the Abdjan-Lagos corridor, assuring Nigeria's full compliance.
According to the customs boss, this was necessary as Nigeria and Ghana are supposed to lead other countries as regards implementation of the agreement.
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