The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N676 billion as revenue for the Federal Government between January and August.
The Assistant Comptroller General of Customs, Auwal Mohammed, said this while handing over to Comptroller Babajide Jaiyeoba, the newly deployed Customs Area Controller in Lagos.
Mohammed also urged officers of the command to rededicate themselves to service and surpass government expectations of them for revenue collection, prevention of smuggling, and trade facilitation.
He applauded them for the feats they achieved together when he was the area controller.
“Teamwork, diligence, and zero compromise assisted in several revenue and other operational successes that the command recorded under my watch.
“Apapa command collected its highest monthly and daily revenue in August 2023.
“A total of N136 billion was collected as monthly revenue in August while N10 billion was collected on Aug. 3, being the highest monthly and daily collections in the history of the Nigeria Customs Service,” he said.