Economie

Customs Administration: Secured Business Environment Preoccupies Stakeholders

Par Erick Maville, Directeur Général de l’association Santé en Entreprise (SEE)
17 janv. 2018 09:19
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Director General of Customs, Edwin Fonged mobilised partners to fight illicit trade and transborder criminality at launch of 2018 International Customs Day in Bamenda.

The economic development of Cameroon requires a secure business environment. That was the message from the Director General of Customs, Edwin Fongod Nuvaga who mobilized stakeholders in charge of trade and security to partner with the Customs administration to battle illicit trade and cross border insecurity.

The event in Bamenda on 15th January, 2018 was the 2018 launching of the International Customs day. Edwin Fongod stressed the need to uphold standards in the conduct of business as the gateway to accelerate investments required for local and national development.

It was an awe-inspiring crowd of businessmen, administrative, political and traditional leaders that filed out to celebrate the event whose theme was, “Sure environment for economic development”. Staring the Customs administration on the face in 2018 is the challenge to fetch about FCFA 800 billion for the nation’s coffers.

Security threats in the Far North region and the Anglophone crises rocking the North West and South West regions are not helping matters but the Director General, reassured that working together, stakeholders can handle challenges and give development a chance.

The Government Delegate to the Bamenda City Council, Ndumu Nji Vincent presented adulterated fuel, porous borders and ignorance of Customs procedures as speed brakes to the economic development of the North West.