THE NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE TINCAN ISLAND COMMAND GENERATED (N162,701,701,136.83) IN SIX MONTH
The Nigeria customs service Tin-Can Island command half year report recorded revenue of (
The Tincan Island Command
of the Nigeria Customs Service generated a total of One Hundred and Sixty-Two
Billion, Seven Hundred and One Million, Seven Hundred and One Thousand, One
Hundred and Thirty-Six Naira and Eighty-Three Kobo (N162,701,701,136.83). This
is against the sum of One Hundred and
Thirty Billion, Six Million, One Hundred and Thirty-Six Thousand, Nine Hundred
and Ninety-Six Naira and Thirty-Six Kobo
(N130,006,136, 996.36) generated
in the corresponding period of 2017.
This represents a difference of Thirty-Two Billion, Six Hundred and
Ninety-Five Million, Five Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand, One Hundred and
Forty Naira and Forty-Seven Kobo (N
32,695,564,140.47).
This declaration was made
by the Customs Area Controller Tincan Island Port, Comptroller Musa Baba
Abdullahi during a chat with some Stakeholders in his office recently. The Customs Area Controller stated
emphatically that the Command has been repositioned as the most business
friendly Port wherein all compliant declarants
will be duly compensated and given special preference. In the words of the Customs Area Controller
“We are deploying multi-layered approach in addressing the issues of compliance
which is a panacea to Trade Facilitation, through reward for compliance and
ensuring that compliant declarants are given expeditious attention in line with
the presidential directive on Ease of
Doing Business.”
Similarly, the Customs Area Controller noted that
the Command is at the verge of fully automating key seats in the Command to
enable seamless Operations as he made reference to the just concluded training
of officers on E-Transire and NSA-End User Certificate Procedure.
On seizures and
Detentions, the Customs Area Controller stated that the Command effected seizure
of assorted offending items ranging from used Clothing, Children Toys, Assorted Furniture, Bags of Rice, Shoes, Handbags,
Used Vehicles etc with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of One Hundred and Thirty Eight
Million, Seven Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-One Naira
Only (N138,752,991.00) as against that
of 2017 which stood at a DPV of Eighty-Eight
Million, Sixty-Two Thousand, Two Hundred and Fifty Naira Only
(N 88,062,250.00).
He stated that the Command
is in steady progression in all aspects of its primary functions and urged
stakeholders to take advantage of the various complaints platforms in
channeling their genuine grivancies for necessary action.
The CAC recalled that during
the period under review, the Command also effected seizures of large quantity
of Ammunition and other Military Hardware during scheduled Examinations and
promised that the Command will not lower its guards in ensuring that such
illicit consignments does not pass through to Command.
The CAC appreciated the
support of the CGC Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali, his Management Team, the Officers
and Men of the Command and indeed the Esteemed Compliant Stakeholders in TCIP
for their support during the period under reference. He pointed out that the Command will continue
to leverage on the already harnessed competences of it’s hard working personnel
to carve a niche and remain outstanding in the performance of its statutory
mandate.
“we are encouraged by the
steady progress in compliance by the Importers and we are optimistic that the
trend will continue to show appreciable response”.
On the recurring issues of
multiple alerts due to non compliance with the Fiscal Policies, the CAC while
charging Importers/Agents on honest declarations, assured that with the take
off of the “One Stop Shop” area under construction, the issue of multiple
alerts would become history.
The Controller posited
that the Command remain committed to the change mantra of the CGC and will not
renege on it’s statutory responsibilities.
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