The Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it collected N76billion between January and March, 2018.
The figure is N14million higher that what the command collected in a corresponding period of 2017.
In a press statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Uche Ejesieme on Tuesday, the Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Comptroller Musa M.B.A gave the figure when a delegation of participants of Senior Division Course 1 / 2018 from the Command & Staff College Gwagwalada led by the Commandant, Assistant Comptroller General Charles Edike visited Tin Can.
The Controller however reiterated his resolve to ensure that adequate measures are put in place to enable the Command be on top of its statutory mandate, stating that his concept of continuous Stakeholder Engagement, Training and Re-training Officers as well as Trade Facilitations models will be leveraged on for service delivery.
Compt Musa also stressed that deliberate and concerted efforts were being made to ensure that the policies and programs of the Command is tailored towards achieving enhanced efficiency, while promoting competitiveness in the trade value chain.
He pointed out that the Command is at the Vanguard of implementation of the Presidential Directive on Ease of Doing Business as the lead Agency and have strengthened the existing Relationship with other Security/Regulatory Agencies for actualization of the Presidential Directive on creating Enabling Business Environment at the Ports.
“In the narrative of Revenue Collection for 2017 and 2018, the Controller stated that that Command in the First Quarter of 2017 (Jan – March) Generated a total of Sixty-One Billion, Eight Hundred and Thirty-Nine Million, Eight Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand, Four Hundred and Eighty-Seven Naira, Ninety-One Kobo (N61,839,825,487.91) whereas in the corresponding period of 2018, the Command Generated Seventy-Six Billion, Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine Million, Seven Hundred and Twenty-0ne Thousand, One Hundred and Seven Naira, Thirty-Four Kobo (N76,789,721,107.34).
“Signifying a positive difference of Fourteen Billion, Nine Hundred and Forty-Nine Million, Eighty Hundred and Ninety-Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Nineteen Naira, Forty-Three Kobo (N14,949,895,619.43). He noted that “though the first quarter of each year is usually synonymous with low volume of trade, the migration to NICIS II platform by the Command, also contributed to some hiccups that affected declarations, but which we have surmounted” the statement reads
In his speech, the Commandant, ACG Charles Edike lauded the achievement of the Command in the first quarter 2018 when compared with same period in 2017 and expressed optimism that the Controller has what it takes in terms of capacity and integrity to take the Command to enviable heights.
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