Indigenous shipowners under the aegis of the Shipowners Association of Nigeria have kicked against the proposed merger of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, with the Nigerian Customs Service and the Federal Inland Revenue Service by the Federal Government.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Policy Advisory Council had recommended the declaration of a state of emergency on revenue generation in the country.
The council also proposed the merger of FIRS, NCS, and the NIMASA into the Nigerian Revenue Service in order to enable an efficient collection of all direct and indirect taxes, as well as levies on behalf of the Federal Government.
However, reacting to the move, National President of the African Association of Professional Freight Forwarders and Logistics of Nigeria, Frank Ogunojemite, said merging the three agencies of government would encourage corruption and create unnecessary bottlenecks.
He added that the president must not fail to assemble experts to x-ray the economic policy.
