Customs Department Communes With Partners
(Cameroon Tribune) This was during the 10th edition of the Stakeholders’ Night which took place on February 2, 2018.
The 10th edition of the come-together between the Customs Department
and the business community code-named ‘Stakeholders Night’ took place on
February 2, 2018 at the Sawa Hotel in Douala with a host of dignitaries
and business magnets present.
Speaking during the opening ceremony, the Director General of
Customs, Edwin Fongod Nuvaga, said the night was instituted to celebrate
partnerships, evaluate
the path covered as well as pave the way
forward. He disclosed that despite a hostile economic environment in
2017, customs revenue witnessed an increase of FCFA 53.3 billion. He
also urged his collaborators to redouble their efforts and work towards
better performance and reinforcement of governance.
The Director General of SABC, Emmanuel de Tailly, who spoke on behalf
of the partners congratulated the Customs Department for the increase
in revenue and for honouring them. He however advised the department to
reduce the time for clearing goods from the port by digitalising the
process. He also pleaded the institution to fight against illicit trade
and assure quality control in collaboration with ANOR in order to
achieve greater performance.
The views of the SABA boss were corroborated by the Minister of
Finance, Alamine Ousmane Mey accompanied to the occasion by his
colleagues of the CEMAC region who were in Douala for the Conference of
Ministers meeting. Minister Alamine Ousmane Mey suggested the
department should ease formalities and curb delays in releasing goods
through modernisation, simplification, as well as cost and time
reduction.
He congratulated the customs officials for their performance in 2017
and reminded them of their FCFA 800 billion revenue target in 2018. It
is worthy to mention that the 10th edition of the Stakeholder Night
coincided with the International Customs Day celebrated on the theme “a
sure commercial environment at the service of economic development.”
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