The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service generated about N9, 247,809,065.98 in 2018, its Area Controller, Uba Mohammed, has said
Represented by the Area Command’s Public Relations Officer, Saidu Abdullahi, he told The Nation in Lagos that a total of N6, 294,860,182.98 was generated into the Federal Government’s coffers for the period under review, adding that the figure represented about 76 per cent of the revenue target allocated to the command.
He said the Command’s Enforcement unit in an aggressive anti-smuggling drive combated smuggling leading to a total of 1,119 seizures with a duty paid value (DPV) of N1,394,136,023.00.
According to him, the seizures included the following items: 37,568 bags of 50kg foreign rice which is equivalent to over 63 Trailers of rice (DPV) – N876, 085,760, 1,072 X 50litres Jerry Cans of vegetable oil DPV – N13,675,650, 169 vehicles DPV – N367,589,475, 1,570 X 50kg Bags of sugar (DPV) – N6,594,000, General merchandise (10,439 items) worth N100,773,668,
Others were: 2,300 cartons with DPV – N20, 700,000, 168 pieces of used tyres DPV– N768, 600, 3,954 litres of petroleum products DPV – N217, 470, 119 parcels of hard drugs/Narcotics: all successfully handed over to NDLEA, it stated.
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