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Waiver scam: Reps c’ttee threatens to issue bench warrant on 26 firms
THE House of Representatives Committee on Customs has threatened to issue a bench warrant on 26 firms for failing to submit relevant documents over Customs duty waivers they were granted by the Federal Government .
Recall that the committee, chaired by Abiodun Faleke (APC, Ikeja, Lagos) had summoned 41 companies, which led to the recovery of N400 million but 26 failed to honour its invitation after several letters were sent out to them.
A source privy to this development told Vanguard, weekend: “Some of these companies that failed to appear had enjoyed Customs waivers running into several billions of naira as they imported far and above what is required for the waivers they benefitted.
Vanguard, July 2, 2018
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