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The Ogun II Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it generated a sum of N12,830,493,630.06 as a revenue into the coffers of the Federal Government between January and June, 2024.
The Controller in charge of the Command, Olusola Bisi Alade, made this known while briefing newsmen on the half of the year scorecard of Ogun II Area Command, on Friday, at the Quarry Road, Abeokuta headquarters of the command.
Alade, who reiterated that the core mandate of the command is generation of revenue for the Federal Government, facilitation of legitimate trade and to protect national economy security, noted that the current revenue generated is 51% improvement on the N4,326,454.811.76 revenue recorded in the corresponding period of 2023.
He attributed the leap in the revenue generated in the period under review by the command to diligence, professionalism and commitment of officers and men, who worked tirelessly to ensure that Ogun II Area Command met and exceeded the revenue targets given to it, adding “it is also indicative of our steadfast commitment to the growth of our national economy”.
The Customs Area Controller further noted that activities of the Command in the free trade zones improved and brought greater success which according to him is evident in the monthly revenue collections from April to June.
Alade said: “In April, we raked in three billion, four hundred and eighty-six million, nine hundred and sixty-one thousand, one hundred eighty-six-naira, million, nine hundred and sixty-one thousand, one hundred eighty-six-naira, seventy-one kobo (N 3.486,961,186.71). In May, we made two billion, eight hundred and one million, eight hundred and thirty-three thousand, seven hundred and forty kobo (N2,801,833,739.40), while in June our revenue collection leaped to three billion, six hundred and sixty-four million, seven hundred and seventy-six thousand, four hundred and ninety-nine-naira, seven kobo (N3,564,776,499.07).
“The command will continue to put in place necessary measures to imprave on the collections with adequate support from other units of the service. We shall maintain success through synergy and continued dialogue, by engaging and sensitizing the local and trader communities while discharging our statutory responsibilities of enforcing compliance with government fiscal policies.
“It is important to stress that the success recorded in our revenue drive in the last three months can be attributed to good motivation from the management of the service which has boosted the morale of officers and kept them in high spirits at all times; continuous deployment of intelligence and reconnaissance by our monitoring unit which led to the discovery of some factories which we have now put under excise control.
“All the eleven factories and one bonded terminal, were discovered by the command under the months of my assumption of office, as Customs Area Controller, Ogun II Command”.
He, however, commended officers and men of the Customs Command for their dedication and the cooperation of other units especially Customs Intelligence Unit and Customs Police Unit in their prompt actions, saying their supports have contributed to the success recorded by his command.
He lauded the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, and Nigeria Customs Service Management for providing visionary leadership and creating the enabling environment to engender the achievements recorded by the Ogun II Area Command.
“Let me thank and further solicit the cooperation of various factories on timely payment of appropriate excise duty and other charges payable. We appreciate the traders that are doing well and urge them to do more and also we encourage the newly discovered factories to be rest assured that the Nigerian Customs remains faithful in its commitment to fulfilling our mandate under the NCS Service Act (NCS, Act 2023)”, Alade submitted.
