The Speaker of the House has reacted to lady banker, Customs tango over duty payment on shoe, bag at Abuja airport.

ICYMI, Mrs Nwagboliwe, in a facebook post, blasted some Customs officers whom she alleged were rude and ethnically biased.

She said: “I arrived with a pair of trainers and one mini-boy bag bought at the duty-free shop in Heathrow.

For the records, I am a banker. I am not a trader. “To my shock, Customs at Abuja airport headed by one Ms Essien and T. Abdulrahman said they do not qualify as personal effects and calculated duty payment of about N175,000 for me to pay.

Most shocking to me was that I was the only passenger on that flight BA 083 from London that was singled out for this treatment.

“What are Nigerians able to buy when they travel? Ms Essien says that Nigerians are only entitled to N50,000 worth of goods. Everything above N50,000 is considered luxury and dutiable.

The speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila on reacting to the viral report during a seating, instructed the Chairman House Committee on Customs and finance to investigate the matter and review the customs act.

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They react to those issues that concern the elite not the common man.
This is likely to affect people LIKE HIM

Investigate the police extorting Nigerians on the road daily
Investigate why 1 in 5 Nigerian children do not see their 1st birthday

by the way are the wife of the president and his family exempt from paying duty?

Because she is a Banker..

Everybody jus dey do anyhow for dis country.. Very soon dem go dey enta ppl houses dey ask dem for proof of ownership of fud

What happened to the one in Aba tax her please.

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Senseless president,senseless agents and senseless country. Will this president die if he uses 10% of his brain?

meccuno:
Senseless president,senseless agents and senseless country. Will this president die if he uses 10% of his brain?

He nearly died trying that the last time.

Lets just manage, we have 3yrs 6months 25days n less than 8hrs to his departure.

Very soon, we will be asked to pay for the air we breath by Buhari government. Welcome to next level.

Our law makers indeed

This is ridiculous as the government is bent on killing Nigerians with tax. Imagine paying duties through my nose on the suit I bought via an e-commerce site from the UK 3 months ago!! Hope the speaker is not just using lip service to this issue because we are watching in 3 D!!!

Ok...anymeans to get money and pay debts being incurred.

Common knowledge. Trust Nigerians to take advantage when in a position of authority.

Sheybi you still go London. Oya pay naw .

This is so stupid

meccuno:
Senseless president,senseless agents and senseless country. Will this president die if he uses 10% of his brain?

the president has already used 100% of his brain. where do you want him to borrow the 10% from?


let us enjoy the dullard Nigerians voted for

0monnak0da:
They react to those issues that concern the elite not the common man.
This is likely to affect people LIKE HIM

Investigate the police extorting Nigerians on the road daily
Investigate why 1 in 5 Nigerian children do not see their 1st birthday

by the way is the wife of the president and his family exempt from paying duty?

Do you even need and investigation to know this, it common knowledge that a reasonable percentage of those in the force today are corrupt and without a sense of what their work should be or entails........

So we are not entitled to carry upto $150 worth of goods...

One day, One Trouble. This country ehen.

When will they review police acts.
We are tired of them harassing boys

eTECTIV:
Everybody jus dey do anyhow for dis country

The level of anyhowness is on another level

Those Customs and Immigration officers at the Airports are professional beggars full of bad belle

AwkaetitiBabe:
Him for talk say him buy the shoe 2k and bag 1500 naira only.

They googled the estimated cost. My questiin is if she bought it for an occasion I dont know .....

Jaqenhghar:

They googled the estimated cost. My questiin is if she bought it for an occasion I dont know .....

One can't buy stuffs again? That's one of the beauty of traveling out, shopping.

and they keep wondering why smuggling is the order of the day! isn't it absolutely ridiculous that duty payable on a pair of shoes and bag bought for personal use is N175,000?? I bet those same items coming in through the airport in benin republic will attract next to no duty. same way customs here charge ridiculously high duties on used cars. imagine paying duty of over a million naira on a car manufactured 7 years ago.....isn't that absolutely insane?!!

those custom wicked ooo. na so i pay 150k for Door wey i buy 250 dollars in china. apparent they felt we doctored the price. useless country.

symbianDON:
and they keep wondering why smuggling is the order of the day! isn't it absolutely ridiculous that duty payable on a pair of shoes and bag bought for personal use is N175,000?? I bet those same items coming in through the airport in benin republic will attract next to no duty. same way customs here charge ridiculously high duties on used cars. imagine paying duty of over a million naira on a car manufactured 7 years ago.....isn't that absolutely insane?!!

What is more worrying is whether this applies evenly to all citizens
How much duty is paid on goods brought in with the Presidential jets

AwkaetitiBabe:
One can't buy stuffs again? That's one of the beauty of traveling out, shopping.

Exactly. The monkeys dont know. And that estimate they checked may be higher than what she got it in the duty free shop. Madness I tell ya. I told my friend if he is going back just wear bathroom slippers and nylon bag.

0monnak0da:
They react to those issues that concern the elite not the common man.
This is likely to affect people LIKE HIM

Investigate the police extorting Nigerians on the road daily
Investigate why 1 in 5 Nigerian children do not see their 1st birthday

by the way is the wife of the president and his family exempt from paying duty?

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