Despite the massive drop in the volume of imports into the country, the Nigeria Customs Service has continued to record increase in its revenue collecting capacity, the Tincan Island Port just disclosed that it generated over N25 billion in September 2016.
While the recent gigantic revenue collection of the Customs can be attributed to the increase in the exchange rate of the Customs duty, the Tin Can Command’s N25.6billion collected in September falls slightly short of the N26.2billion it generated in August.
However, the Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, stressed that the Command at the Tincan Island Port had put in several measures in order to enhance revenue generated.
According to the Area Controller, these measures include strengthening and rejuvenating the competence of the critical areas with regards to identifying and blocking all areas of Revenue leakages, capacity building, in areas of modern Customs Operations as well as extracting the commitment of officers/men in the discharge of their statutory responsibilities.
The Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, stressed that Tin Can Island Customs as a benchmark Command is determined to making the Port a hub with the entrenchment of due diligence/process in all areas of its operations.
He further stated that the place of Customs in national development cannot be overemphasized, and pointed out that his Command will not renege on its entrenched function of revenue generation irrespective of the present global economic challenge being faced by nations all over the world.
The Controller remained optimistic that the latest innovation of engaging stakeholders in the training programme would restore sanity in the system and as well as change the orientation of those who believe in circumventing the process. Hence, he called for stronger relations between the Command and Stakeholders for the actualization of expected results.
“Beyond the fact that we have regular meetings with the critical stakeholders, I have always given the terminal/sectional heads a marching order to ensure that all importers and their agents are compelled to comply with the extant laws on international trade” he said.
The Controller also assured that compliant importers/and/or their agents will continue to receive the support of the command and will do everything possible to ensure that they enjoy the full benefit of compliance.
“We will always make them feel obligated to follow due diligence/process in their transactions”, the CAC added.
