Customs clears 98 of 300 abandoned power equipment containers at port

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By Steve Agbota
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Friday commenced the release of 98 out of more than 300 containers of electricity transmission equipment abandoned at Nigerian ports for between 14 and 20 years, following a presidential directive to accelerate the rehabilitation of the country’s power infrastructure.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this at a joint press briefing with the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, during the flag-off of the evacuation of the first batch of 44 containers at ENL Consortium Terminal.
Adeniyi said the exercise formed part of a wider government initiative ...