Tincan Customs Revenue Hits N1trn
The Tincan Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said it has recorded a revenue generation of N986.3bn between January and October 22, 2024.
Customs Area Controller of the command, Compt. Dera Nnadi disclosed this and described the figure as very significant considering the fact that the entire revenue collected in the Command in 2023 was N716.4bn.
According to Nnadi, ”what this means is that even though the year has not ended we have surpassed last year’s collection by N476bn”.
The controller revealed this while receiving the executive members of the League of Maritime Editors (LOME) who paid him a courtesy visit and added that the Command also recorded massive seizures during the period.
He noted that the duty paid value of the various seizures was N4.5bn.
“This is also significant considering that within the period in 2023, we collected N1.51bn equivalent of items that were seized. It means we surpassed last year’s seizures figure by N3.4bn”, he said.
He commended the Comptroller General of the Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, for giving officers of the Command all the support and motivation that have helped in their performance.
He also commended the
officers of the Command as well as stakeholders who paid the duties for the
milestone recorded.
Nnadi said that the
management of the Customs led by Adeniyi is aware that the federal government
relies so much on the revenue from the Customs to offset some obligations to
Nigerians and very proud to contribute to this objective.
He added that the
Customs Command is always ready to collaborate with traditional stakeholders in
line with the fundamental pillars of the CGC, Adeniyi, with the vision off
“collaboration, consolidation and innovation”.
He disclosed that every week, the Command chooses a new slogan to help motivate officers and men of the Command in their job.
He announced that this
week’s slogan is “reform or regret”.
In her remark, the
President of League, Mrs Remi Itie congratulated the Customs Command for all
the achievements and the efforts of the Controller in revenue generation and
anti-smuggling.
Mrs Itie said that she was not surprised that Nnadi has been performing creditably in Tin Can Island port considering his impressive records while serving in Seme Border.
She promised that
members of the League will always support the leadership of the Customs,
Adeniyi, and the entire Customs management in their national assignment at the
seaports, airports and border stations. was not surprised that Nnadi has been
performing creditably in Tin Can Island port considering his impressive records
while serving in Seme Border.
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