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| Senator Bukola saraki |
The Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, drove by its Chairman, Hope Uzodinma, had gone by the VON premises a week ago on oversight task when it found that the place looked abandoned with neglected hardware in its gathering plant.The authorities of the organization, who had prior declined to open the store to the legislators for examination, were compelled to give the guests access into the stockroom when the officials debilitated to drive the entryway open.
The congresspersons, who were there in organization with security agents and authorities of the NCS, saw no less than 1,500 bits of different models of Volkswagen items and different brands of vehicles in the warehouse.We learnt that the representatives were interested when they discovered that there were port labels on the vehicles, demonstrating that they were transported in.
One of the legislators let one know of our journalists that his associates were not persuaded by the clarification offered by authorities of the organization that the firm did not manhandle the auto approach presented by the Goodluck Jonathan-drove organization with its activity.
The representative included that the group found that around 15 Sports Utility Vehicles, on the premises of the NCS office in Ikeja, Lagos, which were appropriated by the administration when the merchant endeavored to avoid installment of obligation, had a place with a serving senator in the South-East.
He said the vehicles conveyed Federal Government's authentic number plates trying to swindle officers of the traditions benefit.
Uzodinma had alleged in an interview with journalists in Abuja that there were indications that the company was not assembling vehicles in Nigeria as it claimed.
He stated that his committee discovered different vehicle brands in the company’s warehouses which were already assembled before they were shipped to Nigeria.
The Managing Director of VON Automobiles, Mr. Tokunbo Aromolaran, however, refuted the Senate claim that the company was sabotaging the country’s economy.
Aromolaran said, “The Chairman of the Senate Committee, in company with about 30 people, comprising senators, officers of Nigeria Customs Service, journalists and police officers, descended on the VON premises on October 28, 2016, without prior notification.
“They were given free access to our plants and warehouses, and found nothing other than what you would expect to see in an auto assembly plant – an inventory of vehicles assembled, awaiting delivery.
“We also confirmed that applicable duties were paid at the ports when the components were imported into the country.
He said, “All applicable duties and levies on Volkswagen vehicles stored at VON have been paid to the NCS (SKD vehicle kits and fully built units). This can be verified by the service.
Uzodinma, however, told one of our correspondents on Saturday that the committee was convinced that VON was sabotaging the nation’s economy, adding that a public hearing would be organised soon to unravel the alleged sharp practices.
The Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Customs Service, Mr. Wale Adeniyi, said the affected vehicles had remained under NCS custody because duty was not paid on them.
Original source:PUNCH
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