By Muyiwa Lucas
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it collected N143,629,894,285 between January and November 2019, surpassing its 2019 target of N123 billion.
This collection has also surpassed N109,623,404,403 that was collected within same period last year with a value increase of N34,000,489,882, which represents 31 percent increase.
Sources in the Command said the increase in revenue is attributable to rising cargo throughput in the command noted for Roll On Roll Off (RoRo) consignments; sustained due diligence and trade facilitation by the Customs Area Controller, Mrs. Florence Dixon; commitment to duty by officers and increasing level of compliance by most vehicle importers using the port.
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Dixon assured that the Command will continue to do it’s best in ensuring the Service’s zero tolerance for infractions, duty evasion and shun corruption.
“We are commited to federal government goal of trade facilitation without compromising national security. Six-hour cargo clearance within our port is possible with sincere and accurate declarations backed up with prompt duty payment,” she said
A comparative breakdown of the Command’s monthly collections from January to November of last year and this year shows monthly percentage increases, which resulted to the over N34billion difference within 11 months of both years.
According to Mohammed Yakubu, Customs Public Relations Officer for the command, the collection for January, last year was N9,967,751,491 while 2019 was N14,850,154,616 which shows a 49 percent inceease. In February of both years, 2018 collection was N7,267,306,206 while 2019 was N10,024,673,259 show
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