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| Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Colonel Hameed Ibraheem Ali |
The Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) generated N239.4 billlion
in the first three months of this year, figures obtained from the Federal
Ministry of Finance have revealed.
The amount is contained in a document obtained by the News
Agency of Nigeria, showing the activities of the ministry of finance in the
last two years.
The NCS, according to the document, stated that its revenue
performance for the first quarter of this year exceeded its target of N193.2b.
This, the service added, was achieved through a reform programme
aimed at restructuring the agency, re-orientation of its officers, removing
defects and adopting simplified procedures in its activities.
“The NCS collected N904.07bn in 2015 against a target of
N944.4bn; the total collection in 2016 was N898.67b against the target amount
of N973.3bn.
“Between January and March 2017,the NCS was able to generate
N239.4b, thereby exceeding the target of N193.22b set for the period,” it said.
The service also said it had complied with a Presidential
directive to deliver all seized perishable goods to the Internally Displaced
Persons affected by the insurgency in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Benin camps.
It said the reforms embarked upon by the government had
started yielding results as there is a strict compliance with rules governing
the operations of the NCS, adding that a standard operational procedure had
been developed to ensure transparency and accountability.
The service also said it had strengthened international
engagements with the World Customs Organisation and the World Trade
Organisation for trade facilitation and optimum revenue collection.
It added that a compliance team had been set up to ensure
conformity with trade regulations adding that this would help to block all
illegal routes for smuggling.
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