The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said that it collected N47.4bn revenue between January and September.
According to a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Kayode Wey, on Tuesday, the outgoing Customs Area Comptroller of the command, Babajide Jaiyeoba, said this recently during the handing-over ceremony at the command in Ibadan, Oyo State.
He also said the command made various seizures of prohibited goods with a duty-paid value of N308m in the last nine months.“I want to appreciate officers and men of the command for their cooperation, display of professionalism, and resilience. I want to emphasise that these qualities enabled the command to achieve set objectives.
Meanwhile, the incoming Comptroller, Ben Oramalugo, highlighted the core duties of customs officers as revenue generation, trade facilitation, and suppression of smuggling.He urged all officers to extend to him the cooperation given to his predecessor, to enable the command to achieve set objectives and attain greater heights.All rights reserved.
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