The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Murtala Mohammed Area Command generated the sum of ₦4,991,674,905.00 billion revenue in the month of September, 2019.
A statement issued by the commands Public Relations Officer, Ephraim Joseph Haruna on Tuesday explained that the figure exceeds the Command’s monthly revenue target with ₦674,171,230.00, translating to 115.6%, and also exceeded that of September, 2018 collection of ₦3.976, 291,655.00 with ₦1,015,356,250.00
According to the statement, the Command achieved the result “due to strategies put in place by the new Customs Area Controller, Comptroller L E Oyama (Mrs) who took charge of the command on 21st of August, 2019”.
Some of the strategies include but not limited to;
Repositioning of man power;
Regular stakeholder engagement resulting in increased compliance;
Regular meetings with principal officers (DC Sheds, Releasing officers, Examination officers, officers in charge of gates, TARMAC and Tally officers)
Open-door policy;
Capacity building (organizing refresher courses on HS Code, Classification, Role of Origin, Valuation etc);
Removing bottle necks by decentralizing the clearing process, resulting in trade facilitation; and
Regular consultations with her bosses at the Zonal Office and Headquarters Abuja.
In the area of anti –smuggling activities, the command made impressive seizures for the month of September 2019 with duty paid value (DPV) of ₦12, 615,743.30
These seizures include drones of different makes, Walkie-Talkie Radios, Military Armored Vests etc.
The CAC wishes to use this forum to inform the public that drones are not allowed into the country without End-User-Certificate (EUC) for security reasons.
While commending the level of stakeholders’ compliance, she charged them to continue in their truthful declarations to enable seamless clearance of consignments.
To the officers and men of the Command, she encouraged them to be disciplined and apply the 7-Cs particularly “consult colleagues”, working as a team and controlling situations while on duty.
