NEPA

Whenever I think of NEPA (Nigeria's National Electricity Power Authority) I feel like saying:

"Busy old" ragamuffin, 

Unruly, inept hippo,

Why dost thou thus 24/7,

Confine us to perpetual darkness?

Must to thine motion Nigerian people live?

Who, pray, does not spend 

Out of his widow's mite....,

A good chunk to make for lightening?

An investment compelled, but lost

To the labyrinthine world of NEPA's ineptitude

When wilt thou ever bring light forth?

Do you approve of your work to see?

Would you ever overcome in a sea?

When you never swim successfully in a pool?

Wouldn`t Nigerians shout...

Oh NEPA!!!!!!!

Thou art a "saucy pedantic wretch"???

Time

Oh time, how thou move so fast?
Procrastinate not for time would find thee no accommodation, 
How cristally I recall events past as though they pass by a wink?
Would I follow same life pattern were time to rewind a scratch? 
Nay!! I would choose to deepen mine service by a different path.
May the chance be granted us to benefit humanity,
In our variegated capacities, 
With what little remains of our earthly sojourn.
So we pray to God (SWT)

WISDOM

Attribute sublime,
And what, pray, constitutes wisdom?
Understand well, act well, wish well.
To neighbors, relations and friends,
To everyone with whom thou associate,
To animals in water and land,
To all things set for the public good,
Won't thou wish for tranquility and peace?
For every soul made sacred?
By the most Magnificent and Merciful.
'Whoever is imbued with wisdom`,
 Certainly,  `is given blessings immeasurable'

NCS takes over its destiny 1st December 2013

The `ides` of December `are` come,

It is the 1st of December 2013,

Appointed for final disengagement of

Risk Management and Scanning technology service providers,

Global Scan, Cotecna, SGS et al,...
Nigeria Customs Service takes over its destiny,
To deliver quality service to its clients,
Based upon knowledge and best technology 
Using home grown tools with quality assurance.

International trade practitioners, analysts, academics and pundits,
Have thou known what is `PAAR` and/or `Single window`?
Are you conversant with requirements to import or export?
Process of goods clearance at the ports.
Do you require certifications, licenses or permits,
Before you come in or go out with what you want?
Which taxes are applicable to which agency at which rate?
Log unto the international trade portal: www.nigeriatradehub.gov.ng
And be guided on the above and much more.

I felicitate with my colleagues and the Service,
Our indefatigable Management team,
The various committees and tasks delivery groups
Who work over the years to ensure everything works,
With appropriate tools and competent human resource,
Using modern Customs techniques,
To ensure transparency, predictability and simplicity,
On the modus-operandi of Customs practices.
For national development and welbeing of the citizen.