CAC, Seme Customs Command
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Seme border area command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Monday said it collected N2.86 billion revenue between January and June. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Controller of the command, Comptroller Muhammed Aliyu said that within the period under review, the command made 620 seizures with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N432.93 million.
Compt. Aliyu said the feat was achieved despite the current low volume of importation through the border and also commended the officers and men of the command for their doggedness,commitment and gallantry saying that their efforts and the sustained compliance by stakeholders contributed immensely to the revenue increase.
He restated that no amount of intimidation by the smugglers to use the Seme border route for smuggling activities will be tolerated adding that the command will continue to work with the sister agencies and the communities to nip the activities of smugglers in the bud.
Aliyu expressed appreciation to the existing cordial community relationship and called on the leaders to further sensitize their youth not to join forces with the smugglers who may not come from their immediate communities to destroy the peaceful co-existence between the command and the host communities.
He enjoined the host communities to give intelligence report to the command of any smuggler under their domain in order not to portray the community as collaborators harbouring illegalities within their domain.
While reiterating his commitment to work in line with the federal government policies at the land borders, the Controller warned officers to desist from conniving with trans-border miscreants in their quest to indulge in trans-border crimes at all times.