A revenue target of N1.13 trillion has been allocated to the Tincan Island Port Command by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for 2024.
Comptroller Dera Nnadi, the Area Controller of Tincan Island Port Command, announced this at a press conference on Tuesday, January 16, in Lagos.
He said: “The target allocated to Tincan Island Port command out of the national target is 27 per cent.
“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, allocated a revenue target of N1.13 trillion.
This translates to a monthly target of N94.23 billion, which translates to N21.7 billion every week and that means on a daily basis officers and men of the command with the support of stakeholders are supposedly to collect N4.23 billion every day,” he said.
Nnadi encouraged stakeholders not to be alarmed by the 2024 goal, stating that it can be achieved with the dedication of the command’s officers and men.
He explained that although the command’s weekly target for 2023 was N66 billion, they averaged N76 billion from June to December, indicating that the 2024 target could be achieved.
Providing insight on the strategies to be deployed in achieving their target, the Comptroller noted: “This year 2024 in the command has been declared as the year of stakeholders.
We believe that they are going to reciprocate the 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 calls environmental scan by studying the environment and optimising opportunities inherent .
“They are going to attach themselves to the policy landscape the ministry of finance will offer, engage stakeholders and to that effect, engage the national trade facilitation committee to conduct a time release study in Tincan in the month of February.”
“We are mandated to optimise operational preparedness by embracing technological advancements in customs’ modernisation.
Nnadi, similarly announced that the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi has directed that technical capacity of every officer be enhanced, and pledged to improve the welfare of customs officers
