Congrats.

madridguy:
I wish you all the best in your new role. We expect positive Change in NCS.

Meanwhile, CHANGE is coming to Bayelsa State soon.

not APC change

Cool

tobimillar:
Pls help us stop all this criminals in passport office ooo

custom has no business with passport ooo na immigration day in charge of passport

Best of Luck...

tobimillar:
Pls help us stop all this criminals in passport office ooo

ode, doesn't know d difference btw custom and immigration

Your IPHONES need SWEET pouch. Add 33083427 on bbm to purchase yours.

tobimillar:
Pls help us stop all this criminals in passport office ooo

That one na Immigration Comptroller you go tell not customs

Congrats ooooo. Make una do well ooooooooooooooooooooooo

idari:
Wat does he know about custom Buhari has been misleadin us since d days of Nebuchardnezar

Go and check Nigeria reconds during General IBB, he appointed a general as CGC

MrMcJay:


Please, it is better to keep quiet and be presumed a wise man than to talk and leave no one in doubt of your folly.

What is wrong in his assertions?
He spoke the truth...he is a true Nigeria...not like myriads of you lot playing the ostrich.

Hate it or love it....this man and his family members plus loved ones' lives will never be the same.
Contracts...job placements...etc will be the order of the day for anyone that is related to hameed alli....
Hameed alli might be honest etc but truss me...someone close to him will mess up his good works by collecting kickbacks....Nigerians esp importers are very persuasive and will spoil this man in due time.

hmmmm....

tobimillar:
Pls help us stop all this criminals in passport office ooo

Passports is immigrations.



However, I hear that if you enter the Immigrations office now, it's no longer business as usual.


Everybody is scared the fhuck out of their minds by just President Buhari Nnamdi Ademola Muhammadu's body language.

CHANGEISHERE. .

tobimillar:
Pls help us stop all this criminals in passport office ooo

That's for the Immigration services.

madridguy:
I wish you all the best in your new role. We expect positive Change in NCS.

Meanwhile, CHANGE is coming to Bayelsa State soon.

If its d same Change Osun people are enjoying,We don't want

wheredemdey:


What is wrong in his assertions?
He spoke the truth...he is a true Nigeria...not like myriads of you lot playing the ostrich.

Hate it or love it....this man and his family members plus loved ones' lives will never be the same.
Contracts...job placements...etc will be the order of the day for anyone that is related to hameed alli....
Hameed alli might be honest etc but truss me...someone close to him will mess up his good works by collecting kickbacks....Nigerians esp importers are very persuasive and will spoil this man in due time.

My friend , what you fail to understand is that it is very difficult to approach anybody that is belief to have strong moral standard like Ali for bribe, that is the power of body language, all the importers you talked about will be afraid of exposure if they try anything.

You see the most feared person on earth is somebody that place less emphasis on material things because they can not easily be bought.

Except if all we read and hear about him is not correct, I think he is the best man for the Job.

Odeh. Customs and Immigration sound alike?

tobimillar:
Pls help us stop all this criminals in passport office ooo...
....



Thanks all for the correction.....

menix:


Oga quit smoking..

Watin consign custom wiv passport office.

Fine boii..

I no dey smoke...na error...

thanks all the same

madridguy:
I wish you all the best in your new role. We expect positive Change in NCS.

Meanwhile, CHANGE is coming to Bayelsa State soon.

... .. Jah BLESS u.!!!

CeejayCharles:
Odeh. Customs and Immigration sound alike?

Wetin be 'ode' inside na? Na mistake na...shuoo...shuoo

tobimillar:



I no dey smoke...na error...

thanks all the same

I know, jst my normal little troubles..

CeejayCharles:
Odeh. Customs and Immigration sound alike?

Oga e neva reach the yab nah..
He acknowledged his mistake.

Amin and you too.

NeilOssai:
... .. Jah BLESS u.!!!

ifelovemi:


My friend , what you fail to understand is that it is very difficult to approach anybody that is belief to have strong moral standard like Ali for bribe, that is the power of body language, all the importers you talked about will be afraid of exposure if they try anything.

You see the most feared person on earth is somebody that place less emphasis on material things because they can not easily be bought.

Except if all we read and hear about him is not correct, I think he is the best man for the Job.

Hence the reasons I talked about his family members..close friends etc.

Ali may be honest etc but truss me...he cant be at all places at the same time....it is NT possible.

I remember back then in sch...our applied geophysics lecturer was an mfm...u dare not sort her course...she was very religious..strict and pedantic....her nemesis was her last son....dude was the devil that was sent to earth to torment this woman.......he sorted her course for 2k for guys and kind for the ladies...it was dat bad......all he did was wait for the mom to come back with the exam scripts....exchange them while she is praying or sleeping.....ofcourse he was reported and the woman was sacked.
Heard she is lecturing in one state university in the east....sad bt true.

Lets pray alli is really a no nonsense man...bt truss me...u hv given up on this country years ago...i am indifferent jare.

Lafun:
Go and check Nigeria reconds during General IBB, he appointed a general as CGC

and what good fruit did IBB's regime give birth to

Hewo. I wanna see myself wearin Yhis uniform, soon.

How do we address Hameed Ali now? Col Comptroller General of Custom Service. I salute sir, history is hereby made on a new ranking in Nigeria.

Corruption. That canker-worm has burrowed a comfortable home in the main fabric of the Nigerian Customs Service. You feel it everywhere you turn. It stares you in the face. It is so present; so visceral, so real. It stands next to you. It is by your side. It is everywhere. It is a way of life. It is the blood of the agency. It is all that the service represents. I used to think that the Nigeria Police Force is deep in the art, until my recent experience unraveled the stench that oozes from the bowels of this modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah.
It all started in April this year, when a relation of mine decided to import a used car from the United States. He contacted me, an “omo Eko”, to be his “ears and eyes” to get the vehicle cleared from Tin Can Island Port through a clearing and forwarding agent. I quickly contacted an agent, upon recommendation by another friend. He “shocked” me by saying that clearing a used car from Tin Can Island Port is akin to passing the proverbial camel through the needle’s eye. He estimated that I may spend as much as the cost of the car in the port before I can lay hands on it. I thought it was a joke.
I handed the Bill of Lading to him to start processing. He reported back the next day that the Customs demanded for N0.5 million before they can “value” the car, else I would have to pay more than N 7,000,000.00 to clear! I was alarmed and I resisted.
After 2 weeks of back and forth, I decided to visit the port myself. I hitched a SeaCoaster boat ride across the Lagos Lagoon and in 5 minutes, I was face-to-face with barefaced corruption. Impunity beyond belief. I was tossed around like a yoyo, until I finally got to the office of one Mr. Kolo Baba Jiiyah, the PA to the Controller for Tin Can Port, Mrs. Talatu. His office is tucked in the inner recesses of the Customs compound in Tin Can. Seated on a desk by his corner is a full-size framed photograph of Talatu, an obviously overfed bulky woman, struggling between a bulging tummy and the demands of her “salute” posture, standing on an epitaph that read “African Customs Officer of the Year 2013”. The drapes that formed the backdrop obviously depicted the colors of Ghana, where the "award" was handed. This much was confirmed by the next statement: “award given in Accra, Ghana blablabla…”. While I scanned the office, Mr. Kolo was busy on the phone, negotiating with someone on the other side about “money for madam” and the other stakeholders, and the one that must go to Abuja. The phone call dragged on and on, until another customs lady came in to toss a bulging envelope to Kolo. He dropped the call, took a look and the envelope and asked how much. The woman replied 3M. He smiled, opened his steel cabinet and tossed it in. He said the amount was less than they negotiated and the customs woman replied that the man said he ran out of cash completely!And I waited.
It went past 1 hour after I arrived when he spoke to me. His tone was commanding. I should get out of his office and look for money to clear my car. He referred me to “valuation” - a unit in the agency, across the road where arbitrary values are placed on imported whares. I got there sharply. It is a reprehensible sight of commotion, confusion, chaos and disorganization. Hundreds of rowdy men and women loiter around the vicinity, wheeling and dealing. Most of them, from the Eastern side of our dear country. Money was changing hands in quick succession. People were literally standing on their heads to scramble for valuation papers. I sauntered into the Valuation Officer's dingy office, clutching unto my car papers. He momentarily looked at me, and requested that I wait outside. After about an hour, I intruded into his office space aain and demanded that I be attended to. The valuation man referred me back to Kolo with a caveat that only Kolo is responsible for cars that were made from 2014 upwards. That was how the day ended.
Another two weeks after, the agent came with a paper stating that customs insisted I must send N 4 million and the corresponding N.05 million for officers. In frustration, I sent the money. The agent went to get the car but brought a Skye Bank Teller that read N3,200,000.00 paid in favor of the Nigeria Customs Service! I instantly knew that I had been swindled. And I would not take it. The car did not come out either. So, I returned to Tin Can Island. Whodunit?
I connected with my agent again and demanded that he shows me the man that he handed over half a million Naira to! He took me to Kolo. Kolo again? It crossed my mind that I actually complained to Kolo in my earlier visit that someone in the Customs Service, was demanding for money to clear my car. I expected that he would “do something” about it. I never knew that he was the actual culprit! I sensed that something grander, deeper and more odoriferous was in that place. Something sinister yet familiar. I decided to dig deeper.
My agent told me that paying money to Kolo and indeed, his “Oga Madam” is a way of life. That the money is shared around, and that a share must be sent to Abuja for the Controller-General. He said that I was lucky to be billed only half a million.
I confronted Kolo about the sleaze. He told me to rather focus on my car, than think about how much I spent! Few hours after, I was told that the rates for clearing cars have been adjusted by the new government of President Buhari; that my car cannot come out again.
In astonishment, I went to Oga Madam. She told me to go look for another N2.8 million Naira to clear the car; that the code that was used to make my earlier payment to customs in Skye Bank was no longer valid since customs had upgraded the system! She was very audacious. Very commanding. Very haughty. Very in-charge. There was something fundamentally not ok with that woman. I continued to dig!
I was told that she is an “untouchable” within the customs system. I was told the even the Controller-General is afraid of Mrs. Talatu. I was told that her roots penetrate very deep; that she was planted by IBB and that everybody in the system, including the CGC is afraid of Talatu. She draws her power from the forces of darkness that have held this country to its knees since 1960. She is the law. She determines what you pay for what import.

I had to cry to Berekete Family Radio Programme in Love FM - Abuja; originate petitions to “ogas at the top”, etc. for the car to be released with a very huge bil for demurrage. I learnt my lessons and have lived with the trauma unto this day.
Nigeria Customs Service stinks to high heavens. This is the reason I applaud President Buhari for appointing a no-nonsense Colonel Ali into the Customs Service. He needs to use a very big broom to sweep the service very fast. Too many extremely corrupt fat cats to weed out. Too many entrenched interests. Too many vested interests. Too many decades of decay. My experience with the Customs completely destroyed my faith in the ability of our country to ever get better. I hope Ali proves me wrong.

Built2last:
This guy would have done better as EFCC boss. Not customs.

There will be in-fighting in custom for him and his brothers may frustrate him. He is a total outsider.

I agree with you but if you know the amount this country is losing on import waivers or something its not easy my people. Our border as well is porous i tell you that. Buhari might have a candidate that fit that position well.

MrMcJay:


Please, it is better to keep quiet and be presumed a wise man than to talk and leave no one in doubt of your folly.

Take your frustrated ass somewhere else.

Built2last:
This guy would have done better as EFCC boss. Not customs.

There will be in-fighting in custom for him and his brothers may frustrate him. He is a total outsider.

That was the office he actually wanted,but uncle gave him custom,may be he has some serious issues with customs,..who knows!but the man is really IT.