…Rakes in 80% of expected revenue target in January and February, 2018
The Seme command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that it has intercepted two thousand, two hundred (2,200) cartons of Tin Tomato in a truck with registration number LND 759 XE along the Lagos-Badagry expressway as well as sixty three (63) used front and back light of vehicles (light accessories) in a Siena bus with registration number KRO 530 EP also along the Lagos-Badagry expressway between the 12th February, 2018 and 11th March, 2018.
A statement issued in Lagos by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Selechang Taupyen said that the goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over 6 million were all deposited at the Government Warehouse of the command.
The statement quoted the Customs Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Aliyu Mohammed as saying, while inspecting the seizures that the new operational strategies adopted by the command that was intelligent driven was yielding positive results as victims of non-compliance were nipped in the bud by the eagle eye of the enforcement officers and men of the command.
It further quoted the CAC as saying that the command’s holistic approach in executing the mandate of the service led to an all-encompassing result as revenue collection, suppression of smuggling and legitimate trade facilitation was adequately enhanced at the Lagos –Abidjan corridor without compromising national security.
He said that the command has generated 1,079,024,870.11 in the first two months of 2018 from the expected 1,350,215,656.18 target representing approximately 80% of the given target.
The command being an international land border, the Customs Area Controller admonished officers to ensure that the golden rules for the service operation is always brought to the fore while discharging their statutory functions.
He enlightened the officers the need for positive attitudinal change that is vital to the discharge of their professional functions with due diligence.
He also warned officers to be aware of the current wind of change blowing in the service hence the need for them to key into the reform agenda of the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) adding that failure to comply with approved procedures and guidelines in order to avoid infractions would be met with severe disciplinary actions that is commensurate with the offence committed in line with the service preventive regulation.
He noted that Seme command was no longer a safe haven for illicit activities and trans-border crimes as any attempt by deviant stakeholders were always met with stiff response/penalties by the proactive officers and men of the command’s anti-smuggling unit.
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