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  • Customs Zone B gets new coordinator

    Customs Zone B gets new coordinator

    The new Coordinator, Zone B, Nigeria Customs Service, Assistant Controller General Udo-Aka Akpan has assumed duty on Friday in Kaduna.

    Akpan formally took over from ACG Aminu Dahiru, who was deployed to take charge of Zone A of the customs service in Lagos.

    Akpan was in charge of Oyo and Osun command before his deployment to Kaduna.

    The ACG explained that he plan to take the command to the next level in line with the mandate given him by the Controller General of Customs, retired Col. Hamid Ali.

    He said: “Whatever is going to give us more revenue will be improved by enforcing discipline; without discipline we cannot achieve anything.

    “We will make sure that the controller general’ s mandate is fully understood by all, and all hands will be on deck to achieve the target, there will be no room for laxity.”

    NAN

  • ‘Customs generates 75% revenue in Kaduna’

    ‘Customs generates 75% revenue in Kaduna’

    The Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B, Kaduna, has generated over 75 per cent of its revenue target for 2017, outgoing coordinator of the zone, Assistant Controller of Customs, Aminu Dahiru, has said.

    Dahiru said in an interview shortly handing over to the new zonal coordinator, that the command had a revenue target of N24 billion for the year.

    He attributed the success to the commitment of customs personnel in the zone, and expressed confidence that the zone would surpass its revenue target by the end of the year.

    “As tradition demands, I am not supposed to blow my trumpet, but the truth of the matter is that we have done well in the area of revenue generation.

    “I may not be able to give the exact figure right away, but from our calculation what we have achieved so far is almost 75 per cent in the first, second and third quarters.

    “So definitely meeting the balance may not be a problem, more so, we are expecting more revenue from the Kaduna international airport when Ethiopian airline begins cargo operation.”

    On smuggling, Dahiru said the zone had fought it to a standstill, and had made several interceptions and seizures especially of illicit drugs and other contraband.

    He put the total value of the seizures made during the year at over N1.4 billion, adding that 1,500 different items including vehicles and rice were confiscated.

    The customs official commended communities in the zone for their support to customs personnel, which had facilitated effective patrols and protection of the land borders from smugglers.

    “We have taken sensitive security measures in all identified illegal routes used by smugglers and it will be a continue process,” he added.

    Dahiru commended customs personnel in the zone for their support and sacrifice and urged them to extend the same level of cooperation to his successor.

    Reports that Dahiru has been moved to Lagos to take charge of the Nigeria Customs Service, Zone A.

    NAN

  • Customs generates N17 bn revenue in Kaduna zone

    Customs generates N17 bn revenue in Kaduna zone

    The Assistant Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B, Kaduna, Aminu Dahiru, said on Saturday that the zone had generated N17 billion revenue from January to August.

    Dahiru told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that the figure represents 73.4 percent of the revenue target for the zone this year.

    “Our zonal revenue target is N24 billion and so far, we have achieved 73.4 per cent of the revenue figure.

    “This is made possible because of the commitment of the personnel to duty and concrete measures to ensure diligence in collecting revenue due to government.

    “We are confident of meeting the N24 billion revenue target by the end of the year,” the zonal coordinator said.

    He said that all Area Comptrollers in the zone have been directed to monitor their areas of command to ensure that all goods brought into the country pay the mandatory custom duties.

    “We have put in place sensitive security measures in all identified illegal routes used by smugglers, and we will continue to strengthen existing cordial relationship with border communities, to enhance our duties,’’ Dahiru added.

    He commended officers and men of the zone for their commitment and sacrifice, and assured that the service would continue to reward excellence and boost their welfare.

  • Customs intercepts N1.4bn contraband in eight months

    Customs intercepts N1.4bn contraband in eight months

    The Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna, has intercepted smuggled items valued at over N1.4 billion from January to August, its Controller, Aminu Dahiru, has said.

    Dahiru said in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Minna, that a total of 1,357 items were seized during the period.

    He listed some of the seized items to include second hand vehicles and clothes, trucks load of rice, vegetable oil, tin tomatoes, illicit drugs, mosquito coil, tyres, furniture and drones among others.

    The controller stressed that the command would continue to mount surveillance and adopt measures to make smuggling impossible in the area.

    “We have declared war against smuggling and have deployed competent officers to man all identified illegal routes used by smugglers to bring in unwholesome goods into the country.

    “We have taken concrete measures to stop illegal importation of banned goods in order to contribute our quota in the promotion of Made-in-Nigerian goods,” he said.

    Dahiru said that the zone has streamlined its mode of operations and equip its men to operate optimally.

    He therefore called for support of stakeholders and traditional rulers in mobilising border communities to support the service in protecting the economy of the country.