The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs service (NCS) has said that total of24 detentions including containers of different items were seized in 2017 even as she said that the command raked in about N350.9.
In a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Nkeiru Nwala, the command, seven of the detained containers that were loaded with pharmaceuticals have since been handed over to the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for further investigations.
She also said that three units of 20ft containers of wet blue which contravened the provision of schedule 6 of the Common External Tariff (CET) were among the seizures even as she said that seized frozen fish have been allocated to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP).
“In the aspect of enforcing government fiscal policies, the command recorded a modest achievement in the year 2017. A total of 24 detentions including containers of different items such as frozen fish, medicaments, pharmaceuticals amongst other goods were seized’’
‘’ Seven of the detained containers carrying pharmaceuticals have since been handed over to NAFDAC for further investigation and eventual prosecution and 3X20FT containers of wet blue which contravened the provisions of schedule 6 of Common External Tariff (CET) were among the seizures’’, she added.
According to her, ‘’the Command has in the year 2017 collected the sum of three hundred and fifty billion, nine hundred and seventy-eight million, four hundred and eleven thousand, eight hundred and fourteen naira and sixty-four kobo only (N350,978,411,814.64) representing 99.01% of the annual target. This is however, showing an increase in revenue performance over the year 2016 by #50,997,346,214 representing 14.5 percent growth comparatively”.
She also said that the attainment of this height of maximum revenue collection will be attributed to the leadership prowess of the Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Musa Jibril who, according to her, insists and encourages the implementation of all strategies and blueprints devised by the Command to block all revenue leakages while enhancing trade facilitation and security.
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