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Apapa Customs Wins Awards For N2trn Revenue Collection, Excellence

by Yusuf Babalola
7 months ago
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The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has bestowed three awards on the Apapa Command of the service for generating over N2 trillion in 2024.

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LEADERSHIP reports that the command won an award for Revenue Collection, Award of Excellence while Comptroller Olomu emerged ‘Best Controller of the Year’ for his exceptional leadership and improving on the command’s capacity to deliver on its mandates at Nigeria’s premier port of Apapa.

The Command was honoured with the awards at Comptroller General of Customs Award night, held in Abuja.

The Customs CG recognised Apapa command for its various groundbreaking achievements in the areas of revenue collection, anti smuggling and trade facilitation.

Recall that for the first time in the history of the command, it generated N2 trillion as revenue into government coffers as at November 20, 2024.

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Also, under the leadership of Compt. Babatunde Olomu, the command raised the bar of preventing revenue leakages and achieving maximum collection, even in the face of low trade volume.

With hands on daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly evaluation of its activities, the command has been attune to getting all officers to resume early, process all entries timely, carry out diligent examination and shun compromise in the discharge of their duties.

Shortly after receiving the awards in Abuja, Comptroller Olomu, dedicated the honour to all officers and men of the command.

The Area Controller described the achievements as the result of teamwork, dedication, focus and cooperation. He said no leader can excel without supportive lieutenants and called for continuous support from all stakeholders as we enter the last month of the year 2024.

While thanking the CGC for the honour bestowed on the command, Comptroller Olomu said as the number one Customs Officer in Nigeria, CGC Adeniyi has been a source of inspiration and good example for all officers to emulate.

He further described the award as a motivation for selflessness, call for increased commitment and a challenge to sustain and improve on the tempo of work at the command which will cascade to all bonded terminals attached to it.

The Controller also urged all port users to rededicate themselves to national service by being law abiding and reporting suspected unlawful acts in the port to the service and other security agencies.

Comptroller Olomu lauded import and export traders who have used Apapa Port within the period of his leadership and implored them to operate in full compliance with the guidelines for their trade. He specifically commented on exporters who pioneered export activities under the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI) of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Olomu urged more Nigerian business men and women to take advantage of the ease of doing business initiative to use Apapa Port. He invited them to tap into the simplified procedures being emplaced by the CGC under an evolving modernisation regime to trade seamlessly.

The CAC admonished officers of the command not to see the awards of The best command of the year,The best command in revenue collection and the best Customs Area Controller as the end of hard work but a motivation and challenge to work harder

He reminded them that compliance saves money, saves time, builds integrity for positive profiling and helps in recognition for upgrade to the authorised economic operator (AEO) status.


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