The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government has acquired an automated customs gateway portal for the management of Import Duty Exemption Certificates, through Public Private Partnerships arrangement .
Ahmed, who was represented by Director, Human Resource Management, Ministry of Finance, Anita Shittu, said this at the Third Quarter, 2019 PPP Units Consultative Forum meeting, on Thursday in Abuja.
Ahmed said that the ministry has also through PPP, undertaken a Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme , under Executive Order 007 of 2019.
According to her, the objective of the gateway portal is to ensure that government effectively tracks and manages all revenue accruable from import duties and other charges.
Ahmed said that the road scheme otherwise called ‘The Scheme” was an initiative that would enable private sector participants partner with the Federal Government to bridge the road infrastructure gap in Nigeria.
