The House of Representatives Committee on Customs, in Abuja, resumed its investigative hearing on the alleged non-remittance of 10.6 billion naira Customs and Excise duties collected by five commercial banks.
The Chairman of the committee, Leke Abejide said at the hearing that the committee was determined to recover all unremitted funds and block all leakages before the end of 2021.
He said that the committee was working with the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC on the recovery mission.
Abejide said that for the amount being disputed all the banks involved should provide all necessary documents to the auditors for reconciliation and onward payment.
