The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Muhammed Airport Ikeja, has recorded an increase of 117% in its revenue figures for the first quarter of 2024 when compared to the corresponding year of 2023.
The command has collected
Forty-Five Billion, Two Hundred and Thirty-Two Million, Four Hundred and Eighty-Three Thousand, Five Hundred and Twenty-Eight Naira N45,232,483,528 while the Command recorded
Twenty-One Billion, Three Hundred and Sixty-Two Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy-Six Naira, Forty-Four Kobo (N21,362,752,676.44K) while in the corresponding period of 2023.
The Customs Area Controller (CAC) Comptroller Mohammed Yusuf gave out the information during a press briefing organized at the Command’s conference room on Monday the 8th of April 2024.
The CAC emphasized that the command recorded an appreciable increase of 117.7% and similarly performed excellently in its anti-smuggling drive which led to the interception of fifty (50) pieces of 9mm live ammunitions which was discovered in a joint examination conducted by the Service and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Comptroller Yusuf noted that The number of first quarter seizures in the command includes One Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty Four (1,164kg) sea cucumbers, Fifty Eight Kilograms (58kg) of donkey genitals and seventeen packages (17) of Tramadol.
He said that the cumulative Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the aforementioned items stood at Five Billion, seven hundred and ninety four million, ninety nine thousand, three hundred and seventy one naira and one hundred and nineteen kobo only (N5,794,099,371.119k).
He said that all the seized items contravened some of the provisions of extant laws as enshrined in the Nigeria Customs Service Act (NCS Act) 2023.
He attributed the success story to the managerial skill he displayed by engaging stakeholders in the Command to open-door policy and through these the Command could resolved a lot of issues of common interest with concerned stakeholders.
He showed appreciation to the critical Stakeholders, Sister Agencies and the Media for their collaborative efforts and synergy while carrying out their statutory mandate in the state.
He was grateful to the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashiru Adewale Adeniyi MFR and his Management team for their continued support as well as Officers and Men of the Command. He urge them to remain focused and steadfast in discharging their assigned responsibilities. His statement read.