Customs Rakes In Highest Revenue In 10 Years

Hameed-Ali-CustomsThe Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in August generated N95,760,763,642.04 in revenue – the highest revenue in 10 years.

The Public Relations Unit of the service made this known on its website on Monday.

It said the feat despite was achieved despite the Forex difficulty, low imports and general economic downturn.

“Last month, August 2016, the Service recorded the highest revenue in 10 years despite the Forex difficulty, low imports and general economic downturn. The Service generated N95,760,763,642.04, a feat that points to the efficacy of the Comptroller-General’s policy thrust”, it said.

According to statement, the strong stance of the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ali (retd.) on issues of Discipline, Integrity and Strict adherence to Customs Codes and Clearance procedures, is yielding positive results in the areas of suppression of smuggling and revenue collection.

The statement noted that this is evident in the rising revenue generation profile of the service, one year after Mr. Ali took over helm of affairs of the NCS.

The statement reads in part: “Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) on assumption of office as the Comptroller-General of Customs August last year arrived with a three prone Presidential mandate, namely:- Reform, Restructure and Raise revenue.

“To achieve these, he drew his policy thrust, which harped, on Honesty, Integrity and Transparency as bases for achieving the mandate. Starting from the Headquarters and then to all Customs formations across the Country.

“Knowing that reform and restructuring are activities within the Nigeria Customs Service, while raising the much needed revenue requires cooperation and Compliance from the part of Stakeholders, the CGC embarked on Stakeholders visitations to secure their buy into the new way of doing business with the Service”.