The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Apapa Command said yesterday that it generated N16,021,660,412 revenue.
This figure is the highest daily revenue collection in the history of the command surpassing N11.3billion collected on November 22, last year, and N10 billion on August 3, 2023.
Its Area Controller, Babajide Jaiyeoba, described the feat as one of the expected fallouts of the many strategies he had put in place and urged officers and men of the command to keep up the tempo of zero tolerance for infractions and non-compromise for any violation of the Nigeria Customs Service Act (NCSA) 2023.
This, he said, is laudable revenue collection in the face of declined volume of trade and that it was achieved as a result of weekly strategy meetings between the CAC and sectional heads to review and evaluate success and challenges to continually improving on the command’s achievements.
Findings have shown that there have been regular stakeholder engagements between the command, sister government agencies, importers, exporters, terminal operators, and others involved in the cargo clearance and supply chain to meet the target.
Stakeholders said there has been a remarkable improvement in the number of containers being scanned at the command to save time and operate in line with the expectations of modern Customs administration.
While commending the officers of the command for their dedication to duty exemplified through punctuality and integrity, Jaiyeoba urged importers, licensed customs agents and freight forwarders to embrace scanning the more as the NCS under CGC Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR is committed to maximum deployment of ICT for trade facilitation.
He described sincere declaration as a mark of integrity that saves time and money, resulting in a win-win situation for everyone.
According to him, not making a sincere declaration is a poor business decision capable of causing delays, leading to issuance of demand notices and denying the declarant of the benefits of enjoying fast track and possible migration to Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status.
