Seme Customs set to surpass revenue target, hits N1.904bn in 9months

The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service is set to surpass it’s 2023 revenue target as it disclosed on Friday that it has so far collected N1. 904billion from January to 8th September, representing 97.2 percent of the N1.960billion target set by the Customs management.

Outgoing Controller of the command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi who disclosed this while presenting his nine months scorecard to journalists at the command said the figure is against N885.5million collected in the corresponding period of 2022 representing N51. 98 percent increase.

Nnadi attributed the feat to the painstaking efforts made by the leadership of the Command in partnership with stakeholders to ensure compliance with the Customs revenue generation agenda.

He said, “The revenue target for the Command for the year 2023 is One Billion Nine Hundred and Sixty Million Naira Only.
As at this morning the 8th of September, 2023 the command has collected One Billion Nine Hundred and Four Million, Four Hundred and Fifty-Nine Thousand, Three Hundred and Ninety Naira, Seventy Seven Kobo (N1,904,459, 390.77) only. This represents 97.2% of N1,960,000,000 allotted target for the year 2023.

“In the corresponding period under review for year 2022, the revenue was Eight Hundred and Eighty Five Million, Five Hundred and Forty Three Thousand, Ninety Eight Naira Eleven Kobo (N885,543,098.11) The implication is that the Command’s revenue profile witnessed a tremendous increase of N1, 018,916, 292. 33 (51.98%).”

In the area of anti-smuggling operation,
Nnadi who has been redeployed to the Tin Can Island Port Command, said the Seme command within the review period recorded various seizures in addition to the interception of fake $6million with a Duty Paid Value of N1.8billion.

He listed the items seized to include 9,500 50kg bags of foreign parboiled rice equivalent to 16 trailer loads with Duty Paid Value of N312, 242, 064.93k and 13, 835 x 30 liters Jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit equivalent to 415, 050 liters or 13 petroleum tankers with Duty Paid Value of 738,276, 461k.

Others are: 15,389 of General Merchandise Goods. Hard Drugs and Narcotics, 41 parcels of Cannabis Sativa, 4,900 Tablets 225mg of Tramadol Tamol-X 3,600 Tablets 225mg Tramadol Royal 225, 157 Tablets of Heineken Ecstacy and 864 packs of cigarette.

“In the same vein, Officers and Men of the Command acting on credible intelligence intercepted 1,364 30 Liters Jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit equivalent to 40,800 litres over one Tanker Load and with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N24, 663, 355 only at the early hours of Friday 8th September, 2023 along the Badagry Coast.

“The duty paid value for items seized for the period January to 8th September is N1, 827, 362, 619. 00,” he said.

Nnadi added that in line with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) dictate of encouraging its personnels, the officers and men of the Command that were involved in the seizures of fake $6 million USD currency, 15 fake international passports and 10 driver’s license, and that of Donkey skins in January, 2023 have been presented with their commendation and congratulatory letters from the Ag. Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.

While expressing appreciation to the Comptroller General of Customs for his support to the Command, Nnadi also thanked the Seme Badagry community for their cooperation and to officers and men of the Command for their gallantry and patriotism.