{"id":634,"date":"2024-08-11T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/?p=634"},"modified":"2024-08-11T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T14:30:09","slug":"video-customs-begins-implementation-of-import-duties-waiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/video-customs-begins-implementation-of-import-duties-waiver\/","title":{"rendered":"(VIDEO) Customs Begins Work On Import Duties Waiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Customs to Implemt Import Duties Waiver\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/esR3uxyZ0_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Comptroller General, of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi, has said the service will begin implementation of the duty waiver on imported foods soon..<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned that the long-term interests of Nigerian farmers and other stakeholders who are involved in the production of the affected food items must be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Adeniyi made this known in Abuja during a combined news conference by the heads of security agencies and Service Chiefs, convened by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa at the Defence Headquarters.<br \/>\nHe said that the guidelines for the implementation were still being worked out at the Ministry of Finance, saying it would begin as soon as the guidelines were ready.<br \/>\nAdeniyi appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience, adding that efforts were ongoing to address the demands of protesters, especially concerning the food inflation and cost of living.<br \/>\nPresident Bola Tinubu had directed the suspension of import duties and taxes on essential foodstuffs to reduce inflation.<br \/>\nSource: Swifteradio.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Comptroller General, of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi, has said the service will begin implementation of the duty waiver on imported foods soon.. He mentioned that the long-term interests of Nigerian farmers and other stakeholders who are involved in the production of the affected food items must be considered. Adeniyi made this known in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}