Tin-Can Customs Command Meets 94% of First Quarter Target

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Port Command has generated N78.8 billion in the first quarter of 2019.

This is an increment from N76.7 billion realised in the corresponding period of 2018.

This was revealed by the NCS Area Controller, Mohammed Musa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Lagos on Sunday.

Musa noted that the command projected an income of N84 billion during the period under review but it generated about 94 per cent of the target. According to Musa, the command was given a target of N343 billion for 2019, but it surpassed the target for two months, however, due to the election holidays, revenues were affected in March.

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He added that the command is working hard to boost the revenue and surpassed the revenue generated in 2018.

He also pointed that the command is committed to the transformation of revenue collection and reporting system with the implementation of the Nigeria Integrated Customs Information System (NICIS).

Speaking on compliance, the Custom boss said there has been an improvement in compliance in the command, mostly because of the policies and directive from the headquarters insisting on 100 percent examination of imported cargo with regard to the protection of the environment.

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While revealing that the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), retired Col. Hameed Ali, has also directed that all pharmaceutical products must be cleared from the ports, meaning that there should be no movement of pharmaceutical products to the outside terminal, Musa said the directive was made to control the influx of Tramadol and other related goods imported into the country.

“The command also intercepted used tyres, second-hand clothing and six containers of foreign parboiled rice in the period under review,” Musa said.

He reiterated that the command would work hard to make the second quarter revenue generation better than the first quarter.

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