The Customs Area Controller of the Ports Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML), Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Compt. Suleman Bomai has tasked officers to uphold the tenet of compliance as the command achieved a collection of N199,468,482,842.00.
The revenue was generated between January and October, 2022.
Bomai enjoined officers and men of the command, stressing that not compromising on their duties will not only guarantee maximum revenue collection but will also promote national security and overall citizens’ protection.
The collected revenue, according to figures provided by Muhammad Yakubu, Customs Public Relations Officer, translates to a 7.7 percent increase, which is an appreciation of N14,247,021,754.00 from the N185,221,461,088.00 generated during the same period in 2021.
A comparative analysis of revenue collected for 2021 and 2022, as released by Yakubu revealed that the highest revenue collections this year were recorded in June and July.
The breakdown for the periods under review showed that the command made N15,205,823,545 in January 2021 and N15,713,776,798 in January 2022, indicating a 3.3% increase.
It recorded a 20% increase after raking in N14,075,386,963 in February 2022, as against N11,706,947,150 in 2021, while March 2022 saw a 9.5% rise with N21,840,828,908:00 collected, compared to N19,937,869,175 in the previous year.
In April 2022, the command’s performance of N16,357,509,497 did not surpass that of the previous year of N17,938,794,417, which it however made up for in May, following a 28% boost with N22,550,759,092 collected as against N17,606,073,741 made in 2021.
For June 2022, it collected N27,029,957,255, showing a 21.5% appreciation from N22,253,694,223 made in 2021, while July 2022 saw it record 29.9% increase with N25,389,607,638 collection when compared to the N19,532,512,815 generated in 2021.
In August and September 2022, the command generated N21,766,390,771(-0.3.1%) and N17,379,074,244.30 (-8.5%), as against N21,835,143,596 and N19,004,755,983 respectively, for the same months in 2021.
For October 2022, the command raked in N17,365,191,676.00, falling short by 14.0% when compared to the N20,199,846,443.00 made in the same month of the previous year.
Reiterating the need to be compliant, the controller said that ”as a command, we stand to achieve more for our great country when we are compliant with all our books of instructions like the Customs and Exvise Management Act (CEMA), Updated Import and Export Prohibition Lists, Circulars and other documents of instruction.
“As a command dealing mostly on automobile cargoes, l urge our officers, new and old to remain uncompromising in the implementation of extant the recent directives like the Vehicle Identification Number(VIN) valuation and other innovations that align with Customs modernisation.
”The task of facilitating trade concerning importers, agents, terminal operators, shipping companies, and others is critical to our national economic growth. Let’s keep on facilitating trade for the national interest and ensure strict lawfully approved sanctions on lawbreakers.
“I urge you all to keep up the good work as we gravitate towards the end of the year 2022 with anticipations of greater achievements in revenue collection, anti-smuggling and trade facilitation.”
