The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command, said it collected N135bn worth of revenue in October.
The figure was the highest monthly collection in the history of the command.
In a statement on Thursday, the command’s spokesperson, Abubakar Usman, said that it also achieved a landmark revenue collection feat, as it collected N11.3bn on November 22, 2023, surpassing the highest daily collection of N10bn on August 3, 2023.
The Customs Area Controller of the command, Babajide Jaiyeoba, attributed the success to teamwork, system audit, compliance, and zero compromise.
He further urged officers of the command to sustain the tempo of hard work, adding that the command had been more focused on its mandate.
“The recent daily and monthly revenue collection achievements should be a motivation for officers to do more, to justify the confidence invested in the service by the Federal Government and meet the expectations of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, in the area of maximum revenue collection, legitimate trade facilitation and suppression of smuggling,” the CAC explained.
Jaiyeoba urged members of the port community including importers, licensed customs agents, chandlers, haulage operators, and freight forwarders among others to see compliance and obedience to laws as part of their civic responsibility as citizens.
He said his office is open to dialogue and suggestions on ways to improve customs service delivery and achieve the Federal Government’s objectives.
The Apapa Customs boss lauded the various Federal Government agencies for their cooperation while describing customs’ relationship with them as excellent and geared towards realizing government goals.
He, however, pleaded with the sister agencies to stick to their standard operating procedures. “And I want to put on record that other security agencies have been cooperating with us. The issue is just with these non-governmental organizations, and we will continue to tell them, let’s play the game by the rules.
