Nigeria Customs Service ,(NCS) Kwara Area Command says it has generated the total sum of Six Billion, Two Hundred and Forty Six Million Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty -Seven Naira Ninety -Seven kobo(N6,246,485,827.97) between April and June this year.
The State Controller of the service ,Comptroller Kehinde Ilesanmi stated this while speaking with Newsmen on the achievement of the command in Ilorin.
He said the total of N9.8 Billion naira was remitted to federation account between January and June this year when he took over the mantle of leadership.
Comptroller Ilesanmi noted that the said amount is above what was collected from (January-June 2022) with the sum of N5.7B.
According to him ,the command has also recorded fifty six seizures of different items with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N48.88Million naira between April and June this year at border areas of Okuta, Chikanda and Bukoro in the Northern part of the state
Comptroller Ilesanmi said the items seized include 9 units of used vehicles of different types, 813 bags of foreign parboiled rice(50kg each), 24,950 litres of Petroleum product in 998 jerrycans and 14 kegs of vegetable oil of 25 litres among others.
He noted that the command will not compromise in its mandate of enforcing legitimate commercial activities and facilitating trade among local industries.
The Controller warned economic saboteurs to turn a new leaf or face the full wrath of the law.
He commended the support of traditional institutions and other stakeholders which enabled the command achieve success in the fight against smuggling.
COV/ALI MUHAMMAD RABIU
