The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has announced a revenue collection of N1.6 trillion from January to September 2024.
The Customs Area Controller, Apapa Command, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos, said that the figure was higher than N1.17 trillion collected as total revenue in the year 2023.
Olomu described the feat as a fallout of diligence and integrity, adding that the command would continually engage with stakeholders to improve revenue collection and reduce smuggling.
He identified the N201.8bn collected in July and N193.9bn in September as spectacular figures capable of being replicated again in the last quarter of 2024.
He said that various trade facilitation programmes put in place by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, were dutifully implemented.
He commended the command’s effort for the achievement of increased revenue collection, relying on diligent examination and uncompromising interventions through the issuance of demand notices, where and when necessary.
The Area Controller reiterated the CGC’s zero tolerance for smuggling and warned those involved in illegal businesses to desist forthwith.
Olomu said”Our revenue collection is good, and I know that we can do better with more impressive results in the last quarter of 2024.
“I want to thank our compliant stakeholders for their cooperation in supporting us to achieve this level of collection.
“To reduce smuggling activities is a testament to affirm the compliance we are celebrating, and I can say the best is yet to come.
“We are not losing guard. Our tempo of vigilance is air-tight, which attests to our capacity to detect smuggling and make seizures,”he added.
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