…….in Kwara
Biodun Esan, Ilorin
The Nigeria Customs Service Kwara State Command generated the sum of N6.2bn as revenue between April and June 2023, representing 9.14
percent over what it generated in the second quarter of 2022.
The Comptroller of Customs in charge of Kwara Command, Kehinde
Ilesanmi disclosed this on Friday in Ilorin while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command in the second quarter of 2023.
“The Command has at the end of the second quarter 2023, generated the
sum of N 6, 246, 485, 827. 97. This amount represents 9.14 percent of the revenue increment compared to the preceding year 2022,” Ilesanmi said.
He added that the command under his watch between January and June
this year has collected and remitted the sum of N9, 813,483,412.09 to the federation account.
“This amount is above what was collected from (January-June, 2022)
with the sum of N5,762,552,633.87,” he stated.
Ilesanmi stated that the results of the command’s anti-smuggling activities coupled with its renewed drive in utilization of cutting edge strategies had led to 56 seizures of different items with Duty
Paid Value (DPV) N48,822,400.00.
He listed items seized during the period under review to include nine
units of used vehicles of different types, 813 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 24,950 liters of petroleum product in 998 Jerry cans,
and 14 kegs of vegetable oil of 25 liters.
“The seizures were successfully accomplished as a result of the.renewed determination of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi to rid the country of all forms of illegal importation.
“These positive harvests in the areas of anti-smuggling and revenue generation are a clear testimony of what can be achieved under a brand new leadership of the Service.
“I want to call on Nigerians, the media in particular to support the Command by providing credible information that will help nip smuggling.in the bud,” Ilesanmi added.
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