January 16, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, says the command generated N870.39 billion revenue from January to December 2021.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Area Controller, Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos.
Yusuf added that the command during the period intercepted contraband goods worth N31.23 billion.
He noted that the revenue generated had been remitted to the federation and non-federation accounts of the Federal Government respectively.
Yusuf said that the revenue profile of the command had significantly increased by about 68 per cent when compared with N518.4 billion generated in 2020.
“The year 2022 is a year of hope and high expectations, particularly with an increase in the service revenue target of N4.1trillion.
“For us in Apapa area command, we have already boarded and fastened our seat belts toward the realisation of this revenue target and we will leverage on deployment of digital transformation.
“The transformation will further harmonise the activities of our stakeholders toward a seamless ease of doing business in the port,’’ he said.
Yusuf noted that the command in line with the provision of extant circulars, trade guidelines and enforcement of government policy measures strengthened its anti-smuggling operations against economic saboteurs.
He pointed out that this was through credible intelligence driven operations and continuous partnering with other relevant agencies for effective port management.
He said the command made 103 seizures and worthy to mention was the seizure of 46.55 kilogramme of cocaine concealed on vessels MV Karteria and MV Chayanee Naree laden with raw sugar.
He listed some of the seized items as: foreign parboiled rice, tomato paste, secondhand clothes, unregistered pharmaceuticals like captagon pills, tramadol, codeine syrup and others.
On export, he said the command recorded a boom in exportation of non-oil commodities with about 110 per cent increase in tonnage.
Yusuf said that the Free on Board value for exported items also rose to $641 million from $340 million in 2020, adding that the items exported included steel bars, agricultural and mineral products, among others.
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