By Steve Agbota
The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said that it generated over N716 billion revenue in 2023 out of the over N801 billion target last year.
This even as the Command is expected to collect a whooping N1.130 trillion in year 2024 as mandated by management of the service.
The Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi has disclosed while briefing journalists yesterday in Lagos, said the Command was given a higher task for its performance in the previous year.
However, he said to meet up with the target, the command is to generate over N94 billion every week as revenue to the Federal Government’s coffers.
While expressing optimism, he said that the target was achievable even as he stated that the command has tagged the year 2024 the year of stakeholders.
Given the break down on the revenue, he said that the Command was expected to generate over N94.230 billion every month and also expected to generate over N21.660 billion weekly.
Analysing the performance of the previous year, he maintained that the command deployed capacity building for officers and stakeholders as one of the tools to achievable its mandate.
He added that deployment of ICT helped the command to optimise its efficiency in the outline year even as he maintained that more of the system would be applied for better efficient in the new year.
He noted that 24 hours and weekend port operations were applied in the previous year. Nnadi applauded the officers of the command as well as stakeholders for their cooperation in generating the huge sum in 2023.
“We have decided that 2024 is going to be a year of stakeholders in Tin Can Island in 2024.
But we will not hesitate to deal decisively with those who are not willing to change,” he said.
He called on Nigerians to encourage export of goods, saying it is the survival of the economy of the nation rests on.
He said that aside revenue collection, the command is poised to prioritise stakeholders engagement and regular sensitisation exercise to promote trade facilitation.