Commission urges port users to key into service portal to check corruption
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Corruption
By Uchenna. Eletuo
Lagos, Sept. 9, 2016 (NAN) The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Commission (ICPC) has urged port users to key into the newly launched Port Support Service Portal(PSSP) to check corruption.
The commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Rasidat Okoduwa who spoke on the sidelines of inauguration of the portal in Lagos on Friday, urged freight forwarders to use the platform to curb incessant sharp practices in the port.
She said that the platform was not just another government policy or instrument that would not work.
“This is a carefully planned platform aid at curbing the supposedly rampant corruption in the maritime industry.
“The portal which has the Standard Operational Procedure (SOP) of all the agencies and port operators has self appraisal mechanism.
“Complaints of undue delays by one operator or agency that give rise to giving and taking of bribe before job is done can be tracked with the system,’’ Okoduwa said.
According to her, the system will show any organisation that is not keeping to the SOP and will be sanctioned accordingly.
She said that with the ICPC as part of the monitoring and implementation committee, the public and port users should be rest assured that sharp practices prevalent in ports would be checked.
She added that port users should avail themselves of the compliant box in the portal and make their grievances known to ICPC, saying that such would be treated immediately.
NAN reports that the Federal Ministry of Transportation has commenced the formal inauguration of an ICT portal for port users to facilitate trade in the ports (NAN)
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