SEME CUSTOMS HARVESTS-N542,934,941.07 AS DUTY-INTO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNT THE MONTH OF MAY 2016.
In the era of the nations economic re-engineering by the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government of Nigeria,The seme command of the Nigeria customs service have not been found wanting in boasting the country,s economy through revenue generation,The command is also rated high in its approach to trade facilitation within the ecowas region.
At seme command of the customs service, It is nearly half a year when the manlie of leadership changed hands, It has been a period of action and focused leadership since comptroller Dimka V,D [mfs]took over the baton.When he promised to run a people oriented administration. He left no one in doubt as to the direction and policy thrust of his service.
He outlined his goals to include improvement in revenue generation to the federal government with strict accounting, provisions of affordable facilities , good and efficient service delivery as well suppressing smuggling to the barest minimal without compromise.
He also bemoaned the lackluster tendencies that have hitherto retarded the progress of the command.
Within this space of time through dedication and proper articulation of the challenges and needs of the command there have been commendable results.
The over all effect of comptroller Dimka,s impressive performance in short a period is such that the revenue profile of the command has remained in ascending order.
Despite the downturn of importation that has affected the command,s revenue generation with negative impact.
, But the command was able to harvest the sum of N542,934,941.o7 as duty for the month of may 2016 also made 98 seizures with duty payment value [DPV] of N83,280,340 about 6 suspects were apprehended.The comptroller disclosed that fairly used vehicules transited or transferred to Nigeria accounted for 70% of the duty collected, Baggage assessment and other taxes also accounted for13% while imported general goods accounted for only 17% of the total revenue collected for the period under review.He pointed out that the drastic reduction on the importation of general goods occasioned by the high exchange rate and low volume of economic activities across the frontier has had negative consequences on the revenue drives of the command.The commands boss enjoined all sectional and unit heads not to relent in their effort as the commands resolve to succeed in her given mandate cannot be over emphassised. By kalu okpo [pmw]