Story by Dili Utomi.
The various Units and Commands of the Nigeria Customs Service have despite the seeming economic downturns continued to play very well their primary roles of the protection of the national economy, facilitation of trade and the generation of revenue. This is quite evident in the figures released during press briefings and conferences.
CAC Alade addressing the press at the occasion.
The Customs Area Controller of the Ogun II Command of the Service in Abeokuta, Comptroller AOB Alade had a press briefing today and revealed the good performance of the Command in the first two months of his resumption of duty there. He said “The command generated a total revenue of Four Billion, Six Hundred and Twenty Seven Million, Fifty Four Thousand, Four Hundred and Fifty One Naira, Sixty Nine Kobo (N4,627,054,451.69) in September and October 2023, which is 24.8% higher than what the Command generated in the corresponding period last year, the November revenue is just dropping into the Federation account and it is now being collated. During the period under review, we deployed sustained intelligence reconnaissance, effective monitoring and robust stakeholders’ engagement in our operations”.
CAC Alade had resumed duty at the Command on the 13th of September and he has obviously hit the ground running. He also revealed that the monitoring team of the command was re-invigorated to brace up for an upliftment in their revenue drive and that the monitoring Team has succeeded in bringing more factories under Excise Control.
“In addition, our activities in the free trade zones have improved and these have yielded greater success which is evident in our monthly revenue collections. The command will continue to put in place necessary measures to improve on the collections with adequate support from other units of the service such as the CIU and Customs police. We shall maintain success through synergy. We will continue to dialogue, engage, and sensitise the local and business communities while discharging our statutory
responsibilities of enforcing compliance with government fiscal policies”.
CAC Alade.
CAC Alade attributes the success of the Command to the motivation of officers, good stakeholders engagement and continues deployment of intelligence in carrying out their duty. He specifically thanked the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi for the support his Command gets and solicits for more support from critical stakeholders.
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