Abuja — CRISIS appears to be brewing between the Presidency and Nigeria Customs Service as the Senate has begun the process of stripping President Goodluck Jonathan of powers to grant duty exemption to certain categories of organisations.
Also to be affected, if the new laws scale through, is the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who will no longer have the authority to appoint members to the board of Nigeria Customs.
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