Comptroller Edeldouk takes over at KLT, promises to revive moribund terminals, 48 hours cargo clearance time
Comptroller Edeldouk takes over at KLT, promises to revive moribund terminals, 48 hours cargo clearance time
Segun Oladipupo
The new Customs Area Controller of Kirikiri Lighter Terminal (KLT), Comptroller Joy Edeldouk has promised to work with stakeholders and freight forwarders at the command to revive moribund terminals
She also promised 48 hours cargo clearance time at the command
She made the promises while taking over as the new Controller of the command on Friday.
According to her, revenue generation is the Key Performance Index (KPI) of Customs officers hence, the need to work together to revive the ailing terminals in order to improve on the revenue of the command.
In her remarks, she said her administration would work on there pillars which include, Consolidation, Collaboration and Innovation.
Explaining, she said she would consolidate on the gains already made by the command while collaborating with stakeholders to improve what she met in ground with new innovations to achieve new feats.
She added that she would run an open door policy line her predecessor even as she called for suggestions that would move the command to another level.
Her words, “I implore you to join hands with me to take the command to next level because it is not what I can do alone.
“I will also implore you to come forward with your suggestions on how to move the command forward
“For terminals that are moribund, we are going to work together with to bring them back to life. We need to go all out and negotiate and make this place friendly.”
Comptroller Edeldouk also quipped that she would make sure that service delivery at the command is within 48 hours.
She said, “Let us give them 48 hours service delivery, it is possible. We have to be friendly and accessible to achieve it.”
Earlier, in her speea h, the immediate past Controller of the command who is now an Assistant Comptroller General (ACG) M. M. Tikey-Gyado appreciated the officers d stakeholders for their supports during her stay at the command
We relied solely on transpires and stem cargoes, that would give us low cargo output but between January to May, 2024, we have generated N36.6 billion. That represents 75 percent increase when you compare it to the same period, last year
We established and extended terminal availability with r
esumption of Cestac because when I came here, Cestac was not moribund but we revitalised that with launching of new bonded terminal.
According to her, KLT terminal transformed from simple export transit gun to Export Processing Terminal (EPT) saying that the command exported 869 containers since it became an EPT.
She attributes the achievements of the command to the resilience of the officers even as she appreciated the officers for their cooperation despite stressing them out to achieve the feats.
