text: Customs: Introduces New Portal For Auctioning Seized Cars
  Posted by SD News Blog at 4:12 pm
  The Nigeria Customs Service has announced its readiness to commence the operation of an e-auction portal saying this would start on July 1, 2017.
  The agency said it came to this success after repeated tests of the e-auction platform. "The portal is now fully networked to designated banks to ensure money accruing from the auction gets to the Central bank of Nigeria Treasury Single Account for......
  "After receiving the report, the comptroller-general of Customs, Col Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), directed the auction committee to ensure that only proper pictures of the goods as well as detailed information about each are uploaded to avoid and misgiving.
  "He further stressed the need for more weeks to enable interested members of the public to obtain their Tax identification numbers (TIN) from the federal Inland Revenue before the commencement date," the statement stated.
  The statement said the platform which is highly interactive will only give access to holders of TIN. "Such tax payers will log in, read the guidelines, pay the non-refundable one thousand auction fee and proceed to bid for the items on auction," the statement added.
  The statement said its recent action is meant to meet the three-pronged presidential mandates of restructuring, reforming and seeking ways of raising revenue. "Manual auction was identified as non-competitive and opened to abuses hence it was suspended.
  "The committee set up has now developed an e-auction platform that is secured transparent and guarantees equal opportunities to all Nigerians. "All interested persons are therefore advised to get ready by obtaining their Tax identification numbers issued by Federal Inland Revenue," the statement added.