The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, has reported that it generates N1.02 trillion as revenue to the Federation Account in 2022 fiscal year, representing 16.07 percent improvement over the N870.38 million it generated in 2021.
The Command’s Controller, Malanta Yusuf, who disclosed this in Lagos, attributed the improved performance of the Command to his officers and men’s sustained efforts targeted at plugging all areas of revenue leakages in its area of operations.
Yusuf said that the Command’s resilience towards blocking leakages, including but not limited to tracing unpaid duties on imported items and cargoes, helped in boosting the Command’s revenue collection feat in the fiscal year.
The Customs’ officer also disclosed that during the year under review, the Command seized 157 containers with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N14.4 billion compared to the 102 containers with a DPV of N31.8 billion seized in the year 2021.
He explained: “This feat was made possible because of the resilience of our officers and men in blocking revenue leakages and ensuring that all unpaid declarations and uninitialized Pre-Arrival Assessment Reports had been traced and accounted to the Federal Government coffers.”
“Our record shows that fake and prohibited drugs without necessary National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) certification and Tramadol topped the list of seizures made last year.
“Other items seized include codeine syrup, foreign parboiled rice, vegetable oil, processed/unprocessed wood, used clothings and others”, Yusuf added.
He further hinted that the Command recorded a total of $68.5 million Free on Board (FOB) value, equivalent to N28.2 billion of non-oil commodities, largely linking the value to the 6.4 million metric tonnes that were exported through Apapa ports in the year under review.
Yusuf listed the exported items as including steel bars, agricultural produce such as hibiscus, sesame seeds, cocoa, cashew nuts, ginger, soya beans and mineral products.
