A month after assuming office as the Controller of Apapa Port Area Command of the Nigerian Customs Service, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu has reported a daily milestone revenue generation of N17.9 billion raked into the Feferal Government coffers on Friday 14 June, 2024.
The figure is about N2 billion higher that the existing milestone revenue amount, representing an increase of 12.5% over N16 billion revenue collected in a single day by the Command on February 23, 2024. The latest daily revenue generation feat also dwarfed the N11.3 billion collected in a day by the Command on November 22, 2023.
In a statement to announce his early achievement on Wednesday, Olomu described the feat as the beginning of several milestone revenue collection amounts to come, without undermining trade facilitation at the country’s premier port.
He also assured that his command would keep up with its anti smuggling exploits through intelligence and well thought out strategies to ensure that Apapa Port remains a waterloo for smugglers and drug traffickers.
Olomu, who assumed office as Area Controller of the nation’s premier port command in May 2024, said the officers and men of the command under his watch were ready to sustain and surpass the tempo and up the ante.
He said, “This unprecedented revenue collection is a way of celebrating one year in office of Comptroller General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, whose inspiring and motivating leadership has contributed greatly in what the command recorded thus far.
“I wish to use this avenue to urge all port users to always abide by the tenets and etiquette of lawful operations such as obeying the extant import and export guidelines, prompt and accurate payment of duty and promotion of regular engagement in the national interest.”
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