The Apapa Area one Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said that it collected a whooping N23.4billion as revenue for the month of January 2016
Disclosing this at the monthly stakeholders meeting organized by the Apapa Customs in Lagos yesterday, the Area Controller, Comptroller Willy Egbudin charged clearing agents and importers to embrace transparency in all their transactions.
Giving a breakdown of revenue collected at the command in the past two years, Egbudin stated that in 2014 the command collected a total of N301 billion, while there was a decline in 2015 as only N288 was collected.
The former Lilypond and Seme Command Controller equally reiterated the command's commitment in ensuring that the Apapa Command meets the target set for it in 2016. "We will pray that this year, we should be able exceed at least N300 to N400 or N500 billion and that is our expectation"
"So far, I don't think we are doing badly even though we are not meeting the target because for the month January this year we had been able to realize N23.4billion compared to January last year which was N20.7 billion you know that we are starting well"
He added that the command is starting on the right path to ensure that the service actualize the revenue target, even as he appealed with operators to comply with trade facilitation.
"Apart from the revenue collections and anti smuggling, one other thing is to facilitate trade because it takes two to tangle". Egbudin added that "if you want your trade to be facilitated you have to declare honest declaration"
"You know that Apapa Area command is the flagship of customs service and if the service is to get right that means this command must get it right and if we are not getting it right, and if we are not get that means other commands are not getting it right", he stated.
Egbudin however admitted that there has been a sharp drop in importation but added that with honest and transparent declaration, the target of N1.1 trillion targets set aside for the service would be achieved.
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