The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Command, generated N413, 732,818,554.19 as revenue from Jan. 1 to Dec. 19, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Abba-Kura has said.
Briefing journalists on its activities on Friday in Lagos, Abba-Kura said that the command had surpassed its revenue target for 2019 of N372 billion, which translated to 111 per cent performance.
“The year 2019 has been quite eventful for the Apapa Area Command and through our collective efforts and efficient strategies put in place we were able to achieve this feat.
“In achieving this feat, the complementary roles of units like the Customs Intelligence Unit (CIU) and Valuation Unit amongst others are specially acknowledged,” he said.
According to him, the comparative revenue analysis showed that in 2018, N404,020,447,791.42 was generated and in 2019, N413,732,818,554.19 was made, a difference of N9,709,770,763.77.
He said that command generated the highest revenue figure of N42,7 26,046,956.10 in October at the peak of the border closure.
Abba-Kura said that revenue generated in October was positive evidence of the impact the border closure had on smuggling through the land borders and increased legitimate imports through the seaports.
Abba-Kura said that in the area of export, the command recorded a total of 262,095.09 metric tonnes of exported goods with Free on Board value of $132, 760,512.94 (N40,610,070,114.55).
