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Tin-Can Customs Command nets N183bn in 8 months

COMPT. BASHAR YUSUF
Customs Area Controller

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),Tin-Can Island Port Command led by Compt.Yusuf Bashar has generated N183 billion between January and August 2017 despite global economic recession.The customs area comptroller said this in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Uche Ejesieme in Lagos on thursday.
According to Compt. Bashar,the Command has had a sustained high revenue profile since the beginning of the year, a feat that the Controller attributed to deliberate creative policies and stimulus plans aimed at blocking all possible areas of Revenue loss and he compared the amount N156 billion the command generated in 2016.He said that the revenue for August stood at N28 billion, a development he described as the highest in the history of the command.
“But for the exclusion of 41 items from the Foreign Exchange window, the command could have doubled its revenue profile.According Compt. Bashar, the command is becoming more thorough in its revenue drive, to the extent that all high-yielding revenue consignments are closely monitored to avoid circumvention of procedures.The area comptroller said that the Customs headquarters expected so much from the command,He pointed out that all officers/men of the Command have a compelling need to
discharge their functions in line with the change mantra of the Comptroller-General of Customs Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) and assuring that the command would continue to develop adequate operational template and modalities capable of entrenching integrity in its operations.
The Controller appreciated the compliance level of stakeholders in the Port to fiscal policies of the Federal Government in terms of trade while advising few recalcitrant ones to toe the path of sanity through honest declaration in their documentations noting that
integrity, due diligence, honest declarations and transparency are key elements in 21st Century Customs Operations. He also stressed the need for leadership skills and advised officers in charge of terminals and other senior officers to exhibit high moral standards.The controller, who noted that high cargo traffic was usually expected at ember months and he advised importers to desist from importing uncustomed goods .
“All importers ought to be conversant with the external tariff, especially schedules 3 & 4,’’ he said. Compt.Bashar appeal to all patriotic Nigerians to oblige the command with credible information about illegal documentation, with promised that the identity of
authentic whistle- blowers would be highly protected.

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