Customs Area 11, Command Onne, breaks record, hits over N22bn daily revenue generation
Economy
THE Nigeria Customs Service, Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers State says it has recorded an unprecedented, historical milestone in the area of revenue generation, insisting that an overwhelming daily revenue collection of ₦22,184,899,508.00 only has been achieved in a single day as against over N2 billion daily collection in the past.
This disclosure was contained in a press statement on Friday by the Command’s Public relations officer, Lomba Benjamin.
The statement also said that an unprecedented monthly revenue of ₦50,863,053,945.54 only was equally recorded in the month of February 2024 as against ₦40,290,755,560.96 only ever generated in previous months and years.
It added that a total of ₦124,652,728,187.50 only was generated in 49 working days in 2024, covering January, February and Five working days of March, which according to the statement, has beaten the total figure of ₦118,170,072,415.56 released from January to June in the year 2023.
Speaking on the achievements, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Baba Imam, stated that the revenue generated this year has broken four records in the Command.
According to him, in February alone, it was the highest revenue generated in the history of Area 11 Command so far and the highest revenue generated in a single month. Secondly the figure of February surpassed the monthly revenue target given to the Command. Thirdly, the daily collection made on the 7th of March was the highest revenue generated in a single day.
Lastly the total revenue of 49 working days in 2024 together, was above six month revenue collected between January to June 2023.
He emphasized that the Command surpassed its daily target of ₦1,895,862,709.46 by over 1000%, which was the first in the history of daily collections in the Command.
“The revenue milestone of February 2024 represents 23.3% increase above the Command’s monthly revenue target of ₦41,235,013,930.84. When compared to the same period in February 2023 where the Command generated ₦17,980,127,317.06, this figure represents an increase of 183%.”
“This figure represents the highest revenue to be collected in the history of Area 11 Command as it surpasses the revenue collected in January 2024 of ₦40,290,755,560.96 and, October 2023 of ₦38,039,764,327.49,” he said.
The Area Controller insisted that the feat was achieved through constant stakeholder engagements, zero tolerance to revenue leakages, synergy, intelligence sharing, even as he noted that the Command has consistently made it clear that the Command would always welcome only compliant from traders who were willing to operate in accordance with the laid down extant laws and guidelines of importation and exportation.
He reiterated that the Command was optimistic and deploying various strategies to ensure that the revenue generation trend would continue in order to not only surpass the monthly target, but equally surpass the target for the year 2024 of ₦494,820,167,170.07.
The Area Controller informed the Command of the commendation letter from the Comptroller General of Customs, B. A. Adeniyi, on the Command ‘s weekly sporting activities.
“It is worthy to mention that the Command before now has been having weekly sporting activities and in February this year, it came to the notice of the management of the Customs and in particular the Comptroller General of Customs.
Hence in addition to the performance in the area of revenue generation/collection, the Command received a Commendation letter to attest to our sporting activities and aligning them to the CGC’s work-life balance initiative.”
The Area Controller, however, advised the Commands yet to come on broad to key in for the betterment of every individual working in those Area Commands so that officers can be fit physically and mentally balanced to discharge their assigned responsibilities effectively.
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-March 10, 2024 @ 09:07 GMT|
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