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By Zika Bobby
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ibeto Seaport and Terminal Area 5 Command, Port Harcourt, Rivers State,has recorded a total revenue collection of N2,500,934,186.26 for the month of October 2025.
This is showing an increase of N569,442,041.31 above the previously collected revenue of N1,931,492,144.95 in the month of September, 2025.
The total collection for four months from July to October is: N7,756,490,440.97.
The head of the Command ,Comptroller Usman Yahaya, said the achievement was in line with full implementation of the Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi’s policy thrust of maximum duty collection, suppression of smuggling, robust stakeholders engagement and application of the various NCS Management programmes for seamless trade facilitation.
In a statement, Yahaya described the increase in collection as a fallout from his recent trade facilitation strategies, enhanced stakeholders relation for increased compliance and improved dedication to duties by the officers, adding that there was more commitment to making the port more business friendly.
He thanked the CGC for setting the command on the path of success with application of technology through deployment of the B’Odogwu platform which is contributing to the command’s development.
Yahaya had embarked on proper reorganisation to reposition the area towards optimum performance by interfacing with the Ibeto Management on the need for a more conducive work environment like office expansion, better examination area for cargoes and clearly established channel of communication with stakeholders which have all been achieved within a month with prospects for more improvement in future.
Following the CGC’s policy directive on robust stakeholders engagement, the Area Controller received Cletus Ibeto, Chairman Ibeto Group, who promised to always support the command in anyway necessary to achieve its mandate.
While congratulating the newly promoted officers of the command for their elevation to higher ranks, he reminded them on the need to brace up for higher responsibilities and work harder to justify their new ranks.
He also urged officers and men of the Command ,to prepare themselves for training and retraining on various programmes like the Advance Ruling (AR), Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme, Time Release Study(TRS) and the recently launched One Stop Shop(OSS) for seamless trade facilitation and hitch free logistics
The command has recently established working relationships with sister government agencies like the Nigeria Police and the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
