The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated a whopping sum of N540bn as revenue from January to July, 2023.
This was made known in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, CSC Abubakar Usman, on Thursday.
According the statement, the outgoing Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, Mohammed Auwal, at a farewell session with senior officers of the Command, commended the N119bn July collection, which, according to him was the highest monthly revenue made by the Command.
CSC Usman said: “Before now, N95bn collected in January and August 2022 were the highest monthly collections.
“According to him, preventing prohibited items such as arms, ammunition, illicit drugs and others under the import and export prohibition lists from entering or exiting the country through Apapa Port was treated as a collective duty under his watch.
“Apapa Port holds the potential to handle the highest volume of trade in West and Central Africa with the possibility of being a trade hub for seamless cargo movement if importers, agents and freight forwarders comply by making sincere declarations and avoiding smuggling.”
