Customs: 42 Nigerians Win Bid For Auctioned Vehicles Within 48 Hours
Hameed Ali, Comptroller-General of Customs[/caption]
Barely 48 hours after the launch of the e-auction platform, Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has announced 42 wins in the bidding of sized vehicles.
Joseph Attah, the Public Relations Officer, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja stating that the platform “is active and working.”
This follows complaints from interested bidders that they could not access the Customs’ auction websites.
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He said “At the first day of the launching, there were technical challenges with the e-auction platform and these challenges have already been resolved.
“Potential bidders can now register smoothly without hitches.
“The first 48 hours expired at 12noon on Wednesday and already 43 persons have won the bidding including a journalist, so you can see this platform is working.
“For now, it is only Jaiz bank that is on the platform, other designated banks are having Interswitch issues and they will soon be on board as soon as they ratify the issues.
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Attah called on potential bidders to be calm and make use of the bank available on the platform for now until other banks could come on board.
“For those trying to register, they should go to the designated bank area on the platform, click on the Jaiz bank and print out the page from their system and go to the bank to pay.
“This means the person has activated with Jaiz bank and the bank can key you into the bank system to enable you pay the N1 000 administrative fee, which will be transferred to your e-wallet.’’
Recall that on July 3, Hameed Ali, the Comptroller-General of Customs inaugurated the e-auction platform.
According to Ali, the e-auction platform will help scrape many complaints of fraud and give all Nigerians equal opportunities to partake in bidding for seized vehicles and to increase Customs’ revenue.
