The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that it generated a total of N1.1trillion revenue and made seizure worth N40billion from January to November 2018.
Joseph Attah, National Public Relations of the NCS, , disclosed this while addressing the press in Lagos stating that the NCS has not only broken the figure for last year which was N1.037trillion but surpassed it adding that the figures is a clear testimony that the reforms embarked upon by the Comptroller-General of the NCS, Col Hammed Ali (rtd), was impacting positively on productivity.
He said, “Today, I am happy to announce that the Service has already broken 2017 record with N1.1 trillion revenue. This is no doubt a clear testimony of the fact that the ongoing reforms of the service are impacting positively on productivity”.
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He described as outstanding among the seizures, the 59X40ft containers of tramadol and other concealed drugs at Apapa and Onne ports adding that a total number of 238,094 50 kg bags of rice was seized across the country in the period between January to November while 806 vehicles were disposed under electronic auction with the exercise producing 753 winners who paid N346,146,349.
According to him, The Comptroller-General of Customs has sought and obtained presidential approval to extend distribution of these relief items to other IDPs camps and registered orphanage homes across the country.
“Rice and other perishable items are being given to the victims of the unfortunate insurgency in the Northeast. So far, a total of 424,391 (50kg) bags of rice worth N4, 047,615,000.00 and other seized perishables have been distributed to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Edo States, the list of the orphanage homes is being compiled so that the relief materials could be made available to them..”
Cynthia Egboboh, Abuja.
