By Raphael Atuu, Abuja

President of the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers and Auctioneering Consultant, Alhaji Aliyu Kiliya has said the Federal government can make more than N20tr from the sale of auctioning properties.

Kiliya stated this recently while chatting with journalists in his office in Abuja when reacting to the money the Nigeria customs service said it made.

“What the customs did, I am sure, is allocate to people to sell not the authorized body so, it can’t get a better sum”.

The president  stressed that the Nigerian  Navy, EFCC, ICPC, Judiciary and other government  organs can mandate the Nigeria Association of Auctioneers  to auction  government  properties  and seized goods while the customer’s case is different.

The president stated that, the Asset management Corporation of Nigeria has over five trillions in property sales that can assist the country in revenue generation”.

Alhaji Kiliya  appealed to the president  of the country, senator Ahmed Tinubu  to urge customs to comply  with the right practice  by engaging  the professional  body of auctioneers to sell its properties  and generate more revenue  for the country.

The Dan Maje of Birnin Magaji stated that auctioneers are partners in Nigeria’s development and called for the public to join the association for the progress of the country.

The Auction consultant  stressed that there are many national institutions  like Amcon, Nigeria  railway  corporation, Nigeria  Army and many others that have properties  which ought to have been cautioned but not, and the government  is losing a lot of revenue .

“The challenge of implementing the process of Auctioning these properties has caused people to vandalise some of them, debts owed and other things”.

In a related development, the president of Nigeria Association of Auctioneers, Alhaji Aliyu Kiliya has said the presidency of the association will be zoned to the south West after his tenure, while the east will take vice president and the north will settle for secretary.

“We need to have a united executive that will include all regions and Nigerians to make the work more perfect”

The president of the association also commended and supported the statement made by the Ondo state chairman that all states and zonal offices should go and hold meetings and fill up any vacancy in the association.

“I commend  the EFCC,ICPC, Nigeria  Navy ,Transmission  company  of Nigeria, and other institutions  for their Steadfast  and partnership with the association  to dispose of properties “.

 Kiliya added that his door was open to partner with any organisation who wants the growth  of auctioneers   and  said they were ready to assist the Federal government  to generate  more revenue  to execute more projects in the country.