The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command has announced it generated a total of N1.23tn as revenue between January and July 2024.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Customs Area Controller, Babatunde Olomu on Wednesday, according to The Punch.
Olomu also stated that the command received N202 billion as revenue for July, noting that the figure is the highest monthly collection in the history of the service.
According to him, the amount of money received in the first seven months of 2024 is more than it was in all of 2023.
“For the first seven months of 2024, that is January to July this year, the Apapa Area Command generated a total of N1.23tn. What has been generated so far for seven months is above the total collected revenue by the command in 2023, which was N1.17tn,” Olomu said.
He credited the accomplishment to the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, who carried out the time release study with the intention of facilitating trade.
Olomu said that the action produced excellent outcomes, which were reflected in the command’s revenue collection.
Expressing confidence in the command’s ability to do better, Olomu said, “I am optimistic about the possibility of beating this record as we look forward to surpassing it in months to come.
“Worthy of note is the interventions from the tariff and trade department, which has contributed immensely to the successes achieved thus far.”
The Customs Area Controller stressed that the command motivated and committed to surpassing the existing records of revenue collection.
