Nigeria Customs Clears Abandoned Power Equipment After 20 Years

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has initiated the clearance of power equipment that has been abandoned at Lagos ports for over two decades. The operation involves the release of 98 containers of electricity transmission equipment, out of more than 300 that have been left idle for up to 20 years.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has started releasing the first 44 containers at the ENL Consortium Terminal in Lagos, with an additional 54 containers expected to be cleared at other terminals within Tin Can Island port.

The clearance of the abandoned containers follows a directive from President Bola Tinubu, which was prompted by a presentation made by Joseph Tegbe, Nigeria’s power minister, to the Federal Executive Council (FEC).