Apapa Customs Releases N37.3bn One Month Revenue To Federation Account

LUCKY LAWAL

The new Customs Area Controller of the Apapa Area1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Mohammed Abba Kura, has released N37,391,824,523.78 (Thirty seven billion, three hundred and ninety one million, eight hundred and twenty four thousand, five hundred and twenty three naira seventy eight kobo) in the month of April, 2019.

According to the statistical analysis report by the Customs Public Relations Officer Apapa Area 1, DSC Nkeiru Nwala, it showed that the new Apapa Area Controller who has a changed strategy is working assiduously to build on the existing standard in order to maximize revenue collection he met while promising to renew his plan for optimum trade facilitation to ensure total compliance by stakeholders and frustrate illegal activities as a driving force to greater productivity.

The Area Controller has earlier promised to bring back the traditional stakeholders monthly meeting where the Service, Freight Forwarders as well as the media rub minds to brainstorm on important issues of acceleration of efficiency in service delivery.

The statement further disclosed that the new management, under Comptroller Abbas Jurassic, is devising a robust method to promote excellence through the Federal Government’s “Executive Directive” on the aspect of the Ease of Doing Good Business and by making the Command more business friendly for investors to patronize.

According to the report, Comptroller Kura who has keyed into the government’s policy on fast track of cargoes clearance at seaports has ensured his commitment on it.

It is on record that, going by the nation economic imbalance and business degradation, in January, 2019, the Command polled N32.5billion. In the same corresponding period under review of 2018, the total amount of N31billion was collected as revenue.

Therefore in February, 2019, a total of N27.5billion was recorded and same month of 2018 N24.8billion was earned, however, in March N34.6billion was realized and N25.9billion was generated in 2018. In the month of April this year 2019 the sum of N37.3billion was raked in while in 2018 N28.4billion was settled into the Federation Account