The Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna Command, increased revenue generation by 21.93% in 2023, earning a whopping N16.3 billion.
This was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Muhammad Aminu.
He noted that the service generated N16.3 billion in revenue, a significant rise from the N13.4 billion recorded in 2022, showing a N2.9 billion increase.
He went on to say that such a statistic has never been recorded since the Command’s inception.
“The Command recorded N16,378,179,323.89 revenue generation as against that of 2022, which stood at N13,432,457,630.68, which translates to a 21.93% (21.93%) – N2,945,721,693.21 increase. A figure that has never been gathered since the Command’s inception.”
Aminu went on to say that the service registered a total of N8.3 billion in import duties from Kaduna command in 2023.
In the same year, the command earned N5.7 billion in excise duty fees, according to the statement.
Aminu also stated that the excise duties were primarily generated by excise manufacturers in the state.
“During the year under review, the Kaduna Customs Area Command collected the sum of eight billion, three hundred and forty-one million, sixty-one thousand, five hundred and thirty-five naira (N8,341,061,535.00) from Import Duty, five billion, seven hundred and thirty-five million, one hundred and seventy-six thousand, nine hundred and nine naira point eighty-nine kobo from Excise Duty (N5,735,176,989.89) and forty-three million, four hundred and twenty-nine thousand, seven hundred and eight naira from Fees (N43,429,781.00).”
Furthermore, the Area Controller, Tijjani Abe, promised the service of an unbroken commitment to create an enabling climate in which all exporters and importers in the region may succeed in their enterprises.
“I value the strong collaboration that exists between the Nigeria Customs Service and its sister agencies, which include the Nigerian Armed Forces, the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, the Nigerian Correctional Service, the Federal Road Safety Corps, the Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Authority, the National Youth Service Corps, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.”
