Harboursandport.com: Lagos - The Tin-can Island Port Command Nigeria Customs Service, NCS has been charged with task of N1.130 trillion target to the Tin-can Island Port Command of the service.
Disclosing in Lagos yesterday, Customs Area Controller, CAC, Tin-can Island Port command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, said the target allocated to Tin-can Island Port command out of the national target is 27 per cent.
According to him, "Last year 2023, our revenue target was N801.5 billion out of which we were able to collect N716.5 million which represents 89 per cent of our target.
“However, in 2024, due to our hard work, following our beautiful performance in 2023, the Controller General of Customs (CGC) and its management, in 2024 allocated a revenue target of N1.13 trillion .
“This translates to monthly target of N94.23 billion, which translates N21.7 billion every week and that means on daily basis officers and men of the command with the support of stakeholders are supposedly to collect N4.23 billion every day,” he said.
The comptroller said out that this was no mean task but it was surmountable, officers and men of the command can do it.
Nnadi said that last year 2023, the commands weekly target was N66 billion but from June to December, they averaged N76 billion, which meant that the 2024 target was doable.
He encouraged and urged stakeholders that they should not be scared of this huge amount.
On how to achieve this, the comptroller said that earlier this morning, the command strategised with senior officers who would go out there and cascade the decision taken to their officers and men.
“This year 2024 in the command has been declared as the year of stakeholders. We believe that they are going to reciprocate kind gesture for us by declaring the appropriate duty, correct declaration and be compliant.
“Others is that the service had directed that every command must engage with what the CGC call environmental scan by studying the environment and optimising opportunities inherent .
“They are going to attach themselves to policy landscape the ministry of finance will offer, engagement stakeholders and to that effect, engage the national trade facilitation committee to conduct a time release study in Tin-can in the month of February,” Nnadi said.
He said that they were mandated to optimise their operational preparedness by embracing technological advancements in customs modernisation.
“Similarly, the CGC has directed that technical capacity of every officer will be enhanced, and he will improve the welfare of customs officers.
“If that is the case, we have been given the motivation to ensure that the revenue target will be collected,” the comptroller said.
Nnadi also said that Nigeria economy was an import generation economy, noting that the service would match revenue and collection side by side with trade facilitation.
He added that they would map out strategy that no freight forwarders cargo stays long in the port to acquire demurrage.
The comptroller said that the CGC and indeed the nation was desirous to see that export of goods and service out of Nigeria, noting that this should be encouraged.
“In in 2023 the command was able to handle 623694.7 metric tons of export.
“This is very significant in the sense that it is 85 per cent increase in tonnage of what we did in 2022,” he said.
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