The Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) yesterday said that the service had generated N903 billion out of its N954 billion revenue target in 2015.
Ali made this known to newsmen on the sideline of the decoration ceremony of newly elavated customs management staff in Abuja.
He said that the shortfall of N240 billion in the revenue target was due to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) monetary policy which banned 41 items on the Forex list earlier in the year.
“In terms of revenue generation, we have a target of N954 billon as at today, we have generated N903 billion.
“If you remember CBN policy on 41 items; when we did our analysis, the policy has denied us money to the tune of N240 billion.
“So if we add that to what we have generated, it would have surpassed what we have.
“So that is the downside of why we were not able to meet the target in 2015, but hopefully with all the tools we put in place and I hope that government will once again look at those policies and see how they can be fine-tuned.
“I believe that we will surpass whatever target that has been given to us,’’ Ali said.
Ali said that his mission in the NCS was to make it the best not only within Nigeria but across the world.
“My mission is to make sure we clean ourselves of all the bad impression that we carry along, my mission is to ensure that we meet the mandate set for us by the government.
“And I believe that all of you will have no other mission than to fall in with mine. We must work hard; we know where our short comings are, and where we have excelled.
“This is the time to review all these and make sure that 2016 is put on the record as one of the best years of the NCS.”
On welfare, Ali said that the NCS would seek increased remunerations from the Federal Government to enhance the welfare of staff.
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