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By Bon Peters
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Area II Command, Onne Port, Rivers State has recorded an unprecedented and historical milestone in revenue generation, raking in N22.2 billion in a single day versus the previous N1 billion.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Lomba Benjamin, in a statement over the weekend, said N50.9 billion was equally recorded in February 2024 versus the N40.3 billion recorded previously.
Mr Benjamin, a Chief Superintendent of Customs, noted that N124.7 billion was generated in the 49 working days of 2024, covering January, February and five working days of March.
He said this has beaten the total figure of N118.2 billion achieved from January to June 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.
“In February alone, firstly, 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 40 working days in 2024 together, was above the six-month revenue collected between January and June 2023,” he stated.
The CG emphasized that the Command surpassed its daily target of N1.9 billion by over 1000 per share which was the first in the history of daily collections in the Command.
“The revenue milestone of February 2024 represents a 23.3 per cent increase above the Command’s monthly revenue target of N41.2 billion compared with the same period in February 2023 where the command generated N18.0 billion this figure represents an increase of 183 per cent.”
“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 N40.3 billion and, October 2023 of N38.0 billion,” he added.
The customs chief reiterated that the command was optimistic and deployed various strategies to ensure that the revenue generation trend would continue to not only surpass the monthly target but equally surpass the target for the year 2024 of N494.8 billion.
