Customs issues 2 months ultimatum to DTI operators
By Godfrey BIVBERE Comptroller- General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko, has issued two months ultimatum to Direct Traders Input (DTI) operators to get operating license or face the full weight of the law. The DTI is an electronic portal that allows importers and their agents to input data of their consignment into the central system to help eliminate paper work from cargo clearing process. The Customs helmsman gave the ultimatum in Lagos on Tuesday at a stakeholders sensitization meeting, stressed that the Service will henceforth come down hard on those who fail to get their license after the expiration of the ultimatum. He also warned those that have license to be careful about the use of their license as he has instructed his officers to seize any license used for unauthorized purposes. According to him, “I have resolved that henceforth, I am giving only two months to those operators of Direct Traders Input (DTI) to get a license. Now I am not going to give anybody the permission to ope...