AAEC Genral Assembly - Somone 2015

1. “Modernization: Bird’s Eye View”“Modernization: Bird’s Eye View”
A Presentation at:A Presentation at:
NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICENIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE
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66THTH General Assembly and 10General Assembly and 10thth Executive Committee MeetingExecutive Committee Meeting
22ndnd –– 33rdrd February, 2015February, 2015
Venue: HotelVenue: Hotel DecameronDecameron SomoneSomone, Senegal, Senegal
BASHAR, Y.U.
COMPTROLLER OF CUSTOMS
ICT DEPARTMENT
NCS HQTS, ABUJA ,NIGERIA.

2. Vision
Goals
Political Will
Things We Considered:
Focus
Appropriate Capacity
Motivation
Inclusiveness of Stakeholders
Communication

3. Capacity Building
ICT
Co-ordinated Public Relation
Welfare
Six Point Agenda Of The Management Team:
Welfare
Collaboration with Stakeholders
Integrity

5. Online-accessible 24/7Training
Interactive and intuitive
Classification tool
Contact directory
Document library
FEATURES OF NIGERIA TRADE HUB PORTAL:
Document library
Currency converter
Customs procedure code search
News
Documents, payments and tax simulator
Duty payment calculator

6. Clear, Realistic, Verifiable, Executable Policy Statement
Robust Platform Through Modern and Scalable Technology
People Oriented Initiatives
Harmonization, Simplification, predictable and transparent
Indices For Sustainable Customs Modernization :
Harmonization, Simplification, predictable and transparent
Processes and Procedures
Establishment of Trade Information Portal i.e. Nigeria Trade Hub
Portal (www.nigeriatradehub.gov.ng)
Operational and System Training of Personnel and Stakeholders
Establishment of Feedback Mechanism/Help Desk

7. Creation of Scanner Centre of Excellence at Nigeria’s Premier
Port Apapa for Benchmarking
Establishment of Adequate Scanner Usage Capacity for Trade
Facilitation and Security.
Scanner Usage Policy:
Facilitation and Security.
Generation of Appropriate Funding of Scanner Acquisition,
Operation and Maintenance
Development of Capacity for Radiation Protection Certification
Establishment of Centralised Image Inspection Centre

8. The PAAR process from A-Z institutes a critical
Economic Risk Management framework for Nigeria
Secures government agenda in the
area of Security, Revenue
Mobilization and Trade Facilitation
Trade
Major Aims of PAAR
Mobilization and Trade Facilitation
while ensuring a balance with the
view to boost investor confidence
Trade
Facilitation
Revenue
mobilisation
Security
Seamless integration of stakeholders
systems with the Nigeria Customs
systems for the benefit of Trade

9. Benefits of Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR)?
Effective import
verification,
encourage
transparency and
Provides Customs
constant access to the
global market price and
commodity referencingtransparency and
compliance and
promotion of investor
confidence
Assurance to world
best practices
commodity referencing
Develops and
establishes National
Price Database (NPDB)
for Customs

10. NICIS /
Asycuda++
PAAR I&II Systems
Integration
PAAR Integration with Existing System
PAAR
Database
Other
Stakeholders
platform
V&C Assessment
PAAR Report
PAAR ACRMS
DATA WAREHOUSE
Seamless integration and compatibility with any existing system
ImportsData Entry

11. Staff Motivation Through 100% Increase in Salary
Owner Occupier Staff Housing Policy
Recruitment of 350 Computer Science Graduates to Drive the
Modernization
General Staff Welfare Improvement:
Modernization
Capacity Building in All Key Sectors of Customs Functions and ICT
Computer Examiner Certification to Monitor Attempts of all
Forms of Cyber Related Crimes
Identification of Passionate and Highly Motivated Personnel for
Projects Monitoring and Supervision

12. Automated Customs Clearance – Nigeria Integrated Customs
Information System (NICIS)
National Trade Information Portal–
(www.nigeriatradehub.gov.ng)
National Single Window environment:
Electronic Payment on all duties and taxes
Collaborative Risk and Intelligence sharing with all Partner
Government Agencies (PGA).
Single clearing house of all Trade processes through the
creation of Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) platform.
Establishment of the Help Desk

13. Benchmark to Best Practices
Conducted feasibility studies
Business process analysis of all Partner Government Agencies
and major stakeholders in line with WCO Data model version
3.3
User acceptance Requirement and proof of concept with 5 key
Stake holders to ensure reliability and adaptability to singleStake holders to ensure reliability and adaptability to single
submission of data
Development of Nigeria’s Import, Export and Transit process
manual
Development of Single Window Road Map based on realistic
maturity evolution levels

14. Transparency of Trade Administration
Effective Execution of Economic Policy Statement
Enhancement of Appropriate Capacity and Continuous Training
Acquisition of Adequate Infrastructure and Logistics
Reduction in Time and Cost of Trade Processing and Clearance
Adoption of Integrated Risk Management Solution by All Government
Advantages of Customs Modernization:
Adoption of Integrated Risk Management Solution by All Government
Agencies
Establishment of Information Portal to Aid Compliance
Availability of Trade Statistics for National Economic Planning
Aided Take Over of Core Customs Functions Rather than Out Sourcing
Creation of the Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) Portal which helps
intelligence gathering

15. Thank You