Apapa Customs Set To block Revenue Linkages To Aid Trade Facilitation Towards Achieving N2. 3 Trillion 2024 Revenue Target – Compt. Olomu.

By Helen Udoh,Outlook Media ABUJA.

The new Area Comptroller of the Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs service, Babatunde Olomu, said it’s Apapa Customs Set To block Revenue Linkages To Aid Trade Facilitation Towards Achieving N2. 3 Trillion 2024 Revenue Target.

According to Comptroller Olomu, the command, under his leadership, has embarked on a number of measures to further consolidate the achievements of his predecessor in order to take the revenue performance of the command to the next level.

Towards this, the command has set monthly, weekly and daily revenue targets for its revenue officers to energise them toward meeting the N2. 3trillion 2024 target.
It was learned that the sum of N193 billion was set as a monthly target, N44 billion as the weekly target and N8.9 billion as a daily target.

The CAC met a template for enhanced revenue collection which he is now building on.
In the first quarter of the year, before he assumed duties, the command surpassed its target for that period.
In the month of April, it generated N182 billion, in May, the revenue dropped due to some challenges as it collected N175 billion.
However, Comptroller Olomu is ambitious as he has set a target of N200 billion for the month of June.
“We are seriously working towards this target and we are confident of achieving it due to the diligence and dedication of our revenue officers who are constantly being kept on their toes by the CAC and the Headquarters” a source close to the crack revenue team of the command, whispered to our reporter.
” We have plugged a lot of revenue leakages and made a lot of interventions which keep our revenue increasing” the source declared.
” We do all these without impeding trade as we do everything to facilitate genuine transactions by compliant traders”
” We know the high propensity of an average Nigerian trader to evade duty payment.
“So we do a lot of scanning and physical examinations without necessarily compromising trade facilitation”
” Because of our diligence and thoroughness in checking declarations and consignments through the use of non-intrusive technology( scanning) and physical examinations, non-compliant traders are not comfortable.
“As a result, some of them resort to blackmail and all sorts of antics to compromise and dampen the morale of our revenue officers without success” an inside source declared.